Over the past century, evidence has emerged that endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs)
have an impact on reproductive health. An increased frequency of reproductive disorders …

Postnatal development includes dramatic changes in gonadal hormones and the many
social behaviors they help regulate, both in rodents and humans. Parental care-seeking is …

Sex determination is a unique process that allows the study of multipotent progenitors and
their acquisition of sex-specific fates during differentiation of the gonad into a testis or an …

Reconstituting gametogenesis in vitro is a key goal for reproductive biology and
regenerative medicine. Successful in vitro reconstitution of primordial germ cells and …

The number of primordial follicles in the ovarian reserve is an important determinant of the
length of the ovarian lifespan, and therefore the fertility of an individual. This reserve …

The adult mammalian ovary is devoid of definitive germline stem cells. As such, female
reproductive senescence largely results from the depletion of a finite ovarian follicle pool …

The reproductive endocrine systems are vastly different between males and females. This
sexual dimorphism of the endocrine milieu originates from sex-specific differentiation of the …

Purpose Several studies have been published about the effect of garlic on lipid profile and
blood glucose in diabetic patients. Which, the results mostly contradict with each other. This …

In fetal females, oogonia proliferate immediately after sex determination. The progress of
mitosis in oogonia proceeds so rapidly that the incompletely divided cytoplasm of the sister …

Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a common global cause of anovulatory infertility but
underlying etiology leading to PCOS still remains elusive. Fetal and perinatal endocrine …