Title
Social regulation of Gene Expression in the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2011
Abstract
Reproduction is a critically important event in every animals' life and in all vertebrates is controlled by the brain via the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis. In many species, this axis, and hence reproductive fitness, can be profoundly influenced by the social environment. Here, we review how the reception of information in a social context causes genomic changes at each level of the HPG axis. ©2011 Int. Union Physiol. Sci./Am. Physiol. Soc.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Physiology
First Page
412
Last Page
423
Recommended Citation
Maruska, K., & Fernald, R. (2011). Social regulation of Gene Expression in the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis. Physiology, 26 (6), 412-423. https://doi.org/10.1152/physiol.00032.2011