ea0016s29.1 | Too early-too late: the timing of puberty | ECE2008
Ojeda Sergio
, Lomniczi Alejandro
, Dubay Christopher
, Roth Christian
, Heger Sabine
The initiation of mammalian puberty requires an increased pulsatile release of gonadotrophin hormone releasing hormone (GnRH) from the hypothalamus. This increase is brought about by changes in transsynaptic and glial–neuronal communication. Coordination of this regulatory neuronal–glial network likely requires the participation of a multiplicity of genes hierarchically arranged within discrete, but interactive, networks. The identity and structural features of at le...