Abstract |
Reduction of metabolic fuel availability below the critical level by food restriction or increased expenditure is appropriately accompanied by activations of multiple neuroendocrine-metabolic changes resulting in anovulation and amenorrhea, an important device for endogenous hypothalamic contraception. This reproductive strategy in women is required because of the enormous nutritional demand for reproductive success.
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Authors | S S Yen |
Journal | Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America
(Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am)
Vol. 27
Issue 4
Pg. 915-26, ix
(Dec 1998)
ISSN: 0889-8529 [Print] United States |
PMID | 9922914
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
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Topics |
- Amenorrhea
(etiology, physiopathology)
- Body Composition
- Exercise
- Female
- Humans
- Hypothalamus
(physiopathology)
- Life Style
- Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
- Ovary
(physiopathology)
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