Endocrine Abstracts

The financial markets represent the largest and most intense competitive forum ever constructed. Here, according to classical economic theory, competition drives optimal allocation of capital to projects with the highest returns, thereby promoting global prosperity. However, financial markets can be volatile, cycling between ‘bull’ and ‘bear’ states, and threatening the stability of the global economy.Bull markets can morph into bubbl...

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A decade of study has conclusively shown that the reproductive hormone kisspeptin is a critical regulator of the HPG axis acting in the hypothalamus to control GnRH secretion. More recently, the role of kisspeptin outside the HPG axis has received increasing attention with the emergence of associations between kisspeptin, brain processing and behaviour. In this talk, I will provide evidence from studies in rodents to humans, that collectively demonstrate that kisspeptin can in...