Endocrine Abstracts

The pulse mode of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) release from the hypothalamus and following luteinising hormone (LH) pulses from the pituitary induce follicular development in female animals. Kisspeptin neurons in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (ARC) are suggested to be the GnRH pulse generator. Adrenomedullin (AM) is a secretory peptide expressed in various tissues, including the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus, but its functions in the central regulation of r...