How to pause fertility

Elife. 2024 Apr 9:13:e97432. doi: 10.7554/eLife.97432.

Abstract

Prolactin suppresses the ovarian cycles of lactating mice by directly repressing the activity of a cell population known as kisspeptin neurons.

Keywords: GnRH pulse generator; fertility; kisspeptin neurons; lactational amenorrhea; mouse; neuroscience.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Female
  • Fertility
  • Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone*
  • Kisspeptins / physiology
  • Lactation*
  • Mice
  • Neurons / physiology
  • Prolactin / physiology

Substances

  • Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
  • Prolactin
  • Kisspeptins