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 AreasFertility
Ovulation
Puberty
Neural networks
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TechniquesCellular and systems neuroscience
In vivo hormone analysis
In vivo imaging neural activity
Brain slice electrophysiology and calcium imaging
Opto/chemogenetics
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