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Neuroendocrinology of the normal menstrual cycle
1Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk 23510.
The Journal of Reproductive Medicine
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
The physiology of the ovarian/menstrual cycle is dependent on signaling whereby the "ovarian clock" modulates hypothalamic-pituitary function as well as endometrial proliferation and secretion and menses. Diagnosis and treatment of infertility are based on these physiologic processes, as is contraceptive intervention. Feedback stimulation and inhibition orchestrate fertility.