Estrogen mediates sex differences in preoptic neuropeptide and pituitary hormone production in medaka
Junpei Yamashita et al. use a medaka model to evaluate how neurons in the preoptic area that express the neuropeptides, PACAP and VIP, regulate pituitary hormones. Their results suggest that estrogen helps maintain sex-dependent activity of these neurons, leading to sexually dimorphic pituitary horm...
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Nature Portfolio
2021
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/eaaaa8b92fae423ca9e9384fa05ac503 |
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