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Special brain cells 'talk fertility'
Catherine McDiarmid-Watt |
Thursday, June 25, 2009 |
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Scientists have discovered how the fertility part of the brain communicates; a finding they claim could pave the way for new treatment methods. An international team, led by University of Otago, has found that fertility is controlled by a thousand or so special neurons that are linked by long, branch-like dendrites instead of the usual synapses. The study focuses on a small and relatively scattered population of cells, known as gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons, whose mode of communication has been unknown until now. Read more: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health--Science/Special-brain-cells-talk-fertility/articleshow/4695825.cmsRecent Keyword Searches: over 45 and trying to get pregnant, getting pregnant in your 40s, vitex, b6 and baby aspirin, can you still get pregnant with high fsh, what supplement to take to get pregnant
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About Catherine: I am mom to three grown sons, two grandchildren and two rescue dogs. After years of raising my boys as a single mom, I remarried a wonderful man who had never had a child of his own. Unexpectedly, I found myself pregnant at 49!
Sadly we lost that precious baby at 8 weeks, and decided to try again. Five more losses, turned down for donor egg, foster care and adoption due to my age and losses - we have accepted that there will be no more babies in our house.
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