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Definition of the hypothalamic GnRH pulse generator in mice.
(2017-11-06)The pulsatile release of luteinizing hormone (LH) is critical for mammalian fertility. However, despite several decades of investigation, the identity of the neuronal network generating pulsatile reproductive hormone ... -
Getting a monkey to do your bidding: Developing a Becker-DeGroot-Marschak (BDM) method for use in monkeys
(2018-06-30)The Becker-DeGroot-Marschak method (BDM) is an auction-like mechanism widely used in behavioural economics, marketing research, and, more recently, in neuroimaging studies of human decision making. The BDM has never been ... -
Cardiovascular adaptation to hypoxia and the role of peripheral resistance.
(eLife Sciences Publications Ltd, 2017-10-19)Systemic vascular pressure in vertebrates is regulated by a range of factors: one key element of control is peripheral resistance in tissue capillary beds. Many aspects of the relationship between central control of vascular ... -
Stimulation of Early Placental Development Through a Trophoblast-Endometrial Dialog
(2018-01-01)In all eutherian mammals there are two modes for supplying nutrients to the conceptus, histotrophic and hemotrophic nutrition. In general these modes are sequential, although in some species the two operate in parallel ...
