🚨NEW CNE PAPER Kisspeptin and early pregnancy: Insights from animal models into hormonal regulation and miscarriage - Decourt - Journal of Neuroendocrinology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #kisspeptin #miscarriage #pregnancy #hormones #animalmodels

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Miscarriage, defined as spontaneous pregnancy loss before 20 weeks of gestation, affects 10–15% of pregnancies in women under 30, rising to over 50% in women over 45. Implantation failure and early p....

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Delighted to share our most recent publication, working with @novo-nordisk.bsky.social. This exciting work explores alternative targets for the treatment of obesity. An analogue of prolactin-releasing peptide targets GPR10-NPFFr2 to reduce body weight www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Want to hear about some of the outreach the CNE does? Have a look at this great article involving @georgesculab.bsky.social & @joeyipcne44.bsky.social 🧠 dailyencourager.co.nz/taking-scien...

Taking science beyond the lab

What's in a name? When it comes to the Centre for Neuroendocrinology, quite a lot. The University of Otago research centre investigates how the brain controls reproduction, stress, metabolism, body we...

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A tale of two cities. Our lab is presenting work at 3 conferences across the world: students and research assistant (from left to right - @andy-stewartt.bsky.social , Anita, Andrew & Isaac) are at HNNA and MedSci in Christchurch NZ. I was at @bsneuroendo.bsky.social in Bradford UK.

Final talk of the day is the Julia Buckingham Award talk by @celinecamon.bsky.social, a prize celebrating an outstanding (Very) Early Career Researcher & her PhD work on #Menopausal Hormone Therapy and DHED & highlighting the support we've provided to help build an exciting career! #BSNbradford2025

Two tremendous ECR prize talks to wrap up a wonderful @bsneuroendo.bsky.social annual meeting. As always, a meeting full of fun, friends and fantastic science. See you all at the next meeting 🤓 #BSN2025 #BSNBradford2025

An Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka study has found that prolactin helps to regulate body temperature while pregnant 🤰 This finding not only furthers understanding of the body's functions during pregnancy, but could have implications for how mammals adapt to thermal changes in the future. Read more here:

Helpful hormone – prolactin helps mothers keep cool during pregnancy

It supports milk production and stimulates caregiving behaviour in mothers, now a University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka study has found prolactin also regulates body temperature during pregnancy.

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