Sunlight activates hormones essential for mood, sleep and reproductive health — that’s why it’s important to go outside when ...

Hormones get a bad rap for a variety of conditions, from the rapid, awkward changes we experience at puberty to the mood swings associated with premenstrual syndrome. But without them, we’d never grow ...

Once again I am extremely lucky to have this article co-written by a senior graduate student who's an expert on how reproductive hormones act on the brain. Stephanie Koebele is completing her Ph.D.

Interactions between the innate and adaptive immune systems and the endocrine system in the female reproductive tract (FRT) are essential for successful reproduction and for maintaining immune ...

The kick-off signal for puberty begins in the brain. Specifically, in the hypothalamus, where specific neurons release a hormone that activates the hypophysis, at the base of the skull, which then ...

Reproductive life events related to sex hormones, including earlier age at menarche, later age at last pregnancy, length of reproductive period, and use of oral contraceptives were positively related ...

Male hormone levels maintain day-to-day stability while female hormones experience continuous changes throughout both the menstrual cycle and various life stages.

Microglia (immune cells) and the RANK protein are essential for triggering puberty and maintaining fertility in the brain.

A hormone first discovered in Japanese quail turns out to play a major role in the mammalian reproductive system, acting on the brain to put the brakes on reproduction. The hormone, dubbed ...

Scientists have gained new insights into how the 'master regulator' of reproduction affects men's brains. In a new study, scientists from Imperial College London investigated how a recently discovered ...

Once again I am extremely lucky to have this article co-written by a senior graduate student who's an expert on how reproductive hormones act on the brain. Stephanie Koebele is completing her Ph.D.