How stress affects female reproduction: An overview

Chronic anxiety, depression and physical exertion-related stress consistently activate the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Almost each component of this activated axis , such as CRH, ACTH, β-endorphin and glucocorticoids exerts profound inhibitory effects on the hypothalamic- pituitary-ovarian...

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Published in:Biomedical Research
Main Author: Chatterjee A.; Chatterjee R.
Format: Review
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-71749120620&partnerID=40&md5=9147c2873e2013b6e35fe5ed7bf22c03