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12/27/2017 / By Michelle Simmons

The brain’s role in fertility: Landmark study discovers how the pituitary gland sends pulses to the reproductive organs

A group of scientists from the University of Otago in New Zealand determined how the brain controls fertility, through a landmark study that revealed how the pituitary gland controls the activity of the reproductive organs by sending pulses of hormone. In their study, they found a group of around 2000 kisspeptin neurons in the hypothalamus that synchronize their […]

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