Seminar · Neuroendocrinology
Brain-body interactions in the metabolic/nutritional control of puberty: Neuropeptide pathways and central energy sensors
Manuel Tena-Sempere · IMIBIC Cordoba
Mon, May 31, 2021 · 15:00 UTC
Puberty is a brain-driven phenomenon, which is under the control of sophisticated regulatory networks that integrate a large number of endogenous and environmental signals, including metabolic and nutritional cues. Puberty onset is tightly bound to the state of body energy reserves, and deregulation of energy/metabolic homeostasis is often associated with alterations in the timing of puberty. However, despite recent progress in the field, our knowledge of the specific molecular mechanisms and pathways whereby our brain decode metabolic information to modulate puberty onset remains fragmentary