title: Neuroendocrinology of the normal menstrual cycle.
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.
authors.affiliation: Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk 23510.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Hodgen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / Q000502:physiology; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008597:Menstrual Cycle; D006080:Ovarian Follicle / Q000502:physiology; D010053:Ovary / Q000502:physiology; D010906:Pituitary Hormone-Releasing Hormones / Q000378:metabolism; D010913:Pituitary-Adrenal System / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D010906:Pituitary Hormone-Releasing Hormones