Journal
JOURNAL OF NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 22, Issue 7, Pages 743-753Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2010.02034.x
Keywords
GnRH-1; Kallman syndrome; nasal placode; neuronal migration; olfactory development; reproduction
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- National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
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Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone-1 (GnRH-1) is essential for mammalian reproduction, controlling release of gonadotrophins from the anterior pituitary. GnRH-1 neurones migrate from the nasal placode into the forebrain during development. Although first located within the nasal placode, the embryonic origin/lineage of GnRH-1 neurones is still unclear. The migration of GnRH-1 cells is the best characterised example of neurophilic/axophilic migration, with the cells using a subset of olfactory-derived vomeronasal axons as their pathway and numerous molecules to guide their movement into the forebrain. Exciting work in this area is beginning to identify intersecting pathways that orchestrate the movement of these critical neuroendocrine cells into the central nervous system, both spatially and temporally, through a diverse and changing terrain. Once within the forebrain, little is known about how the axons target the median eminence and ultimately secrete GnRH-1 in a pulsatile fashion.
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