"The goal of the experiments conducted in this dissertation was to test the hypothesis that cells added to the AVPV [anteroventral periventricular nucleus] during puberty are functionally incorporated into the neural circuitry involved in female-specific regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis that controls the LH [leuteinizing hormone] surge and ovarian cyclicity."--from the abstract.
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