Evidence map›Paper›PMID 22438212›Full record

ReviewHormone and metabolic research = Hormon- und Stoffwechselforschung = Hormones et metabolisme2012

Hormonal regulation of female reproduction.

A Christensen, G E Bentley, R Cabrera, H H Ortega, N Perfito, T J Wu, P Micevych

Registry-linked trialOpen access · bronzeAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Hormone and metabolic research = Hormon- und Stoffwechselforschung = Hormones et metabolisme, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01999569 (The Role of Estrogen in Luteinizing Hormone Surge and Ovulation), which is not on this map. Cited by 53 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
53citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT01999569 phase4completednot on this map

The Role of Estrogen in Luteinizing Hormone Surge and Ovulation

TypeinterventionalSponsorWake Forest University Health SciencesRan2007 to 2008Enrolled10ConditionsOvulation Disorder, Ovarian CystsArmsLetrozole
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 159 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  5. NMN/NADJournal of ovarian research · 2026
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  8. Estrogenic Effect of Various Plant Extracts on Eel (Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  10. Endocrine regulation of circadian rhythms.Npj biological timing and sleep · 2025
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  17. The assessment of liver function test and fertility hormones in Saudi athletes using anabolic androgenic steroids.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

A ChristensenDepartment of Neurobiology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. achristensen@mednet.ucla.edu
G E Bentley
R Cabrera
H H Ortega
N Perfito
T J Wu
P Micevych
University of California, Berkeley · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USNational University of the Littoral · ARUniformed Services University of the Health Sciences · USUniversity of Mendoza · AR

Funding

Neuroendocrinology, Sex Differences, and ReproductionT32HD007228 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI ARNOLD, ARTHUR P · 1985 to 2015
$3.9M
NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD007228
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reproduction is an event that requires the coordination of peripheral organs with the nervous system to ensure that the internal and external environments are optimal for successful procreation of the species. This is accomplished by the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis that coordinates reproductive behavior with ovulation. The primary signal from the central nervous system is gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), which modulates the activity of anterior pituitary gonadotropes regulating follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) release. As ovarian follicles develop they release estradiol, which negatively regulates further release of GnRH and FSH. As estradiol concentrations peak they trigger the surge release of GnRH, which leads to LH release inducing ovulation. Release of GnRH within the central nervous system helps modulate reproductive behaviors providing a node at which control of reproduction is regulated. To address these issues, this review focuses on several critical questions. How is the HPG axis regulated in species with different reproductive strategies? What internal and external conditions modulate the synthesis and release of GnRH? How does GnRH modulate reproductive behavior within the hypothalamus? How does disease shift the activity of the HPG axis?

Indexed as

AnimalsBehaviorFemaleHormonesHumansLuteinizing HormoneOvarian DiseasesOvulationReproductionHormonesLuteinizing Hormone

Identifiers

PMID22438212
PMCPMC3647363
OpenAlexW2112093149

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Registered trials

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