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Waning light, waxing pain: The lunar cycle's association with migraine headache occurrence

Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, EarlyView.
Plain Language Summary While migraine headaches can be hard to predict, some patients believe headaches are connected to the moon‘s phases. Our research showed that migraine attacks were 34% more likely to occur during the new moon than during the full moon.
Alexander Yoo, Brendan Keenan, Angeliki Vgontzas, Murray A. Mittleman, Suzanne M. Bertisch, Ron Anafi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Raphe glucose-sensing serotonergic neurons stimulate KNDy neurons to enhance LH pulses via 5HT2CR: rat and goat studies

Scientific Reports
Dysfunction of central serotonergic neurons is known to cause depressive disorders in humans, who often show reproductive and/or glucose metabolism disorders.
Sho Nakamura, Takuya Sasaki, Yoshihisa Uenoyama, Naoko Inoue, Marina Nakanishi, Koki Yamada, Ai Morishima, Reika Suzumura, Yuri Kitagawa, Yasuhiro Morita, Satoshi Ohkura, Hiroko Tsukamura   +11 more
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Food and the brain: Neural and endocrine control of feeding, metabolism, and reproduction

Journal of Neuroendocrinology, EarlyView.
Abstract Feeding and reproductive function are regulated by intricate systems that monitor food availability and energy stores, and on the basis of energy status, promote or put a brake on reproduction. This is particularly evident in the systems that regulate feeding and reproductive state in female mammals.
Naira da Silva Mansano, Calvin Vinh Lieu, Alfonso Abizaid   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vascular health and exercise in females throughout the lifespan: Exploring puberty, pregnancy and menopause

Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract This narrative review highlights the impact of exercise on vascular health in females over the lifespan with an emphasis on puberty, pregnancy and menopause. These events encompass substantial changes in sex hormone levels, particularly oestrogens and progesterone.
Kathleen B. Miller, M. Erin Moir, Brandon G. Fico   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Acupuncture in Uterine Fibroids Management: Literature Update on Frequently Used Acupoints and the Underlying Mechanism—A Narrative Review

Health Science Reports, Volume 8, Issue 12, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Uterine fibroids are noncancerous growths of myometrium cells. Seeking for advantageous methods to alleviate their debilitating symptoms is of extreme importance. Acupuncture with global reach could be a beneficial treatment method for uterine fibroids.
Elham Hooshyarazar, Hoda Azizi, Parvaneh Layegh, Maliheh Dadgarmoghaddam, Amir Hooman Kazemi, Seyed Kazem Farahmand, Leili Hafizi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

In vivoimaging of the GnRH pulse generator reveals a temporal order of neuronal activation and synchronization during each pulse [PDF]

, 2021
Aleisha M. Moore, Lique M. Coolen, Michael N. Lehman   +2 more
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Combined liraglutide and metformin therapy in overweight or obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Volume 27, Issue 11, Page 6139-6153, November 2025.
Abstract Purpose Overweight or obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) often experience significant metabolic and hormonal disturbances. This systematic review and meta‐analysis evaluated whether liraglutide combined with metformin is more effective than metformin alone in improving glycaemic control, lipid metabolism, body mass index (BMI ...
Jing Ling, Tiantian Wang, Wenrui Huang, Yuhua Zhen, Mingzi Zhang, Xingzi Fang, Wencong Song, Xuelian Du   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of AZFc (b2/b4, b1/b3, b2/b3, and gr/gr) deletions and primary duplications on the outcomes of the first intracytoplasmic sperm injection treatment cycle: A single‐center retrospective cohort study

Andrology, Volume 13, Issue 7, Page 1757-1771, October 2025.
Abstract Background Current advances in high‐throughput sequencing technology enable the precise identification of Y chromosome microdeletion and primary duplication in infertile couples, but the mechanism and clinical significance of these mutations in assisted reproductive techniques remain unclear.
Linlin Li, Xiangyin Liu, Xinying Wang, Hongguo Zhang, Ruizhi Liu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Brain‐Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) and Sex Differences in Metabolic Regulation

Journal of Neurochemistry, Volume 169, Issue 10, October 2025.
Brain‐derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is expressed in the hypothalamus of both female and male mice (left‐hand side of the panel); however, it exerts distinct functions in either sex, explaining some sexually dimorphic phenotypes in mice and humans (right‐hand side of the panel).
Ariane M. Zanesco, Licio A. Velloso
wiley   +1 more source

Substance P immunoreactivity exhibits frequent colocalization with kisspeptin and neurokinin B in the human infundibular region.

PLoS ONE, 2013
Neurons synthesizing neurokinin B (NKB) and kisspeptin (KP) in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus represent important upstream regulators of pulsatile gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurosecretion.
Erik Hrabovszky, Beáta Á Borsay, Kálmán Rácz, László Herczeg, Philippe Ciofi, Stephen R Bloom, Mohammad A Ghatei, Waljit S Dhillo, Zsolt Liposits   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source