Allan Herbison

 Professor of Neuroendocrinology, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience

Allan Herbison studies the properties and functioning of the key neural populations controlling fertility in mammals: the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons and the kisspeptin neurons. Together, these cells generate the “pulse” and “surge” patterns of hormone secretion that are responsible for the initiation of puberty and the subsequent maintenance of reproductive function in adult males and females. Learn more

 

Research Areas Fertility Ovulation Puberty Neural networks   Techniques Cellular and systems neuroscience In vivo hormone analysis In vivo imaging neural activity Brain slice electrophysiology and calcium imaging Opto/chemogenetics Research Themes