The Roles of GnIH in Reproductive Function and Behavior

• Main Author: Takayoshi Ubuka (auth)
• Other Authors: Kazuyoshi Tsutsui (auth), Lance J Kriegsfeld (auth), Ishwar Parhar (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; gonadotropin-releasing hormone; gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone; follicle-stimulating hormone; hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis; testosterone; kisspeptin; luteinizing hormone; melatonin; reproduction; estradiol
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Summary

Since the discovery of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) at the beginning of 1970s, it has been believed that GnRH is the only hypothalamic neuropeptide that regulates gonadotropin release in vertebrates. In 2000, however, a novel hypothalamic neuropeptide that actively inhibits gonadotropin release was discovered in Japanese quail and termed gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH). Following seventeen years of research has revealed that GnIH is highly conserved across vertebrates including humans, and GnIH is involved in a number of physiological and behavioral functions related to reproduction. The aim of this e-book is to celebrate the discovery of GnIH and the progress of GnIH research by collecting review and original articles from leading scientists in this new research field.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (128 p.)

ISBN

978-2-88945-442-6
9782889454426

Access

Open Access