Endocrinology

Research from University of Virginia broadens understanding of endocrinology

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, October 23rd, 2009

According to recent research from the United States, "The timing of ovulation is critically important to the success of reproduction. Current thinking attributes the timing of ovulation to LH secretion by the pituitary, itself timed by signals from the hypothalamus."

"The discovery of an internal circadian timer in the ovary raises the possibility that ovulation is in fact timed by an interaction between clocks in the hypothalamus/pituitary and those in the ovary. We asked whether ovarian clocks were influenced by signals from the brain and pituitary. Ovaries of Period1-luciferase transgenic rats display circadian rhythms in vitro. To determine whether the phase of...

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Source: Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly (2009-10-23)

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