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The female reproductive axis and its modifications during the post-partum period

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

J-C. Thalabard
J-C. Thalabard
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URA CNRS 1454, Faculté Lyon-Sud, Chemin du Petit Revoyet, 69600 Oullins, France
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The female reproductive axis in mammals is a highly complex dynamic system which goes through different transient or absorbent states during the course of a life-time. Little is known about the mechanisms controlling this system during fetal life and at birth, although it has been shown in numerous species, including primates, that the whole machinery is already functioning (Brooks et al., 1990; Plant, 1986). After a delay ranging from a few days to a few weeks, according to the species, the reproductive axis becomes quiescent and activity apparently resumes only at the time of puberty. Here again understanding of the phenomenon is still limited (Ojeda, 1991).

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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 24 , Special Issue 3: Workshop on Methodology and Protocol of Human Fertility Studies under Field Conditions , July 1992 , pp. 289 - 300
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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