Christopher Morrison recently discovered that the hormone fibroblast growth factor 21, or FGF21, plays an influential role in brain reward mechanisms like those involved in dietary choices.

The brain-pituitary-ovarian axis (simplified). 4A, delta-4-androstenedione; ACh, acetylcholine; DA, dopamine; E1, estrone; E2, estradiol; FSH, follicle stimulating ...

The strength of the evidence is solid in most parts, although additional validation of the localization data would strengthen the study considerably. The FSH-FSHR pathway has been considered an ...

One of them, the main one, is the hormone called dopamine ... it matters which pathway dopamine takes. If the dopamine takes the most important reward pathway in the brain, the cerebral cortex ...

FIGURE 2. Schematic for estrogen synthesis in the ovaries. The dual-cell theory or two-gonadotropin theory of estrogen synthesis explains that estrogen is produced from endometrial and granulosa cells ...

Crystal structures of HAESA in complex with IDA reveal a hormone binding pocket that accommodates an active dodecamer peptide. A central hydroxyproline residue anchors IDA to the receptor. The HAESA ...

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons form the final common pathway for the central regulation of reproduction ... Pulsatile GnRH release stimulates the secretion of the gonadotropins, ...