Sexual Reproduction Hormones Needed for Puberty (IMAGE)

University College London

Sexual Reproduction Hormones Needed for Puberty

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Neurons in the mouse brain expressing sexual reproduction hormones. Shown in green is gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH), which is needed to stimulate puberty. In red are the brain cells that are needed to release this hormone. People who lack these cells cannot undergo puberty and are infertile.

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Professor Christiana Ruhrberg (UCL Institute of Ophthalmology)

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