Nearly 10 years after the discovery that birds make a hormone that suppresses reproduction, neuroscientists have established that humans make it too, opening the door to development of a new class of ...

Medically reviewed by Andrea L. Braden, MD Key Takeaways The female reproductive system includes organs that produce hormones ...

Hormones control essential processes like growth, metabolism, mood, and reproduction, but when their balance is disrupted, it ...

Interactions between the innate and adaptive immune systems and the endocrine system in the female reproductive tract (FRT) are essential for successful reproduction and for maintaining immune ...

Mice with epilepsy have altered patterns of neuron activity in the portion of the brain that controls the reproductive endocrine system, University of Illinois researchers report in a new study.

Constance Zimmer was on birth control “for way too long.” “My general practitioner had told me I should get off my birth ...

Stress is known to decrease fertility and sexual behavior, but researchers thought this was because stress hormones lower levels of a brain hormone called gonadotropin releasing hormone, or GnRH.

BOSTON — So-called “organs on a chip” — small blobs of tissue growing in lab dishes that mimic the function of their human counterparts — have promise for basic science and drug development. And those ...

BOSTON — So-called “organs on a chip” — small blobs of tissue growing in lab dishes that mimic the function of their human counterparts — have promise for basic science and drug development. And those ...

The endocrine system is the body’s network for hormone production and distribution. It’s critical for keeping bodies healthy and for day-to-day functioning. “The endocrine system helps regulate ...