Date Thesis Awarded
7-2012
Access Type
Honors Thesis -- Access Restricted On-Campus Only
Degree Name
Bachelors of Science (BS)
Department
Neuroscience
Advisor
Paul D. Heideman
Committee Members
Beverly Sher
Randolph A. Coleman
Abstract
Various neuroendocrine hormones secreted by the hypothalamic-pituitarygonadal (HPG) axis play a major role in human fertility. By regulating fertility, the HPG axis interacts with nutrition, food intake, body condition, stress and response to season or day length (Roberson et al. 2010). All of these factors must interact correctly to maintain fertility. Not surprisingly, given this complex mechanism, human infertility is frequent, affecting approximately 1 in 10 couples (Matzuk & Lamb 2002). Furthermore, approximately one third of cases of human male infertility remain unexplained (Moskovtsev et al. 2010).
Recommended Citation
Lee, Se-Jun, "Combinatorial contribution of neuroendocrine variables and food intake to male fertility" (2012). Undergraduate Honors Theses. William & Mary. Paper 508.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/508
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Comments
Thesis is part of Honors ETD pilot project, 2008-2013. Migrated from Dspace in 2016.