Human Hormones and Their Functions Hormones are chemical messengers that influence various body functions, including reproduction, metabolism, and growth via signaling mechanisms.

Recently, scientists have reviewed the existing literature to understand how space travel, space radiation, and microgravity affect human reproductive functions. This review was published in Npj ...

Together, these hypotheses provide for two, non-exclusive theories of facultative modulation of female reproductive effort. One theory views ovarian function as responsive to the prospects for ...

The effects of HPG axis,ovary function,granulosa cells, key subcellular structures, maternal mRNA, and microenvironment on human oocyte quality.

Chemicals that replace bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging can trigger potentially harmful effects in human ovarian cells, ...

Despite the fact that we all start out as an egg cell in one of our mother's ovaries, these human reproductive organs are surprisingly under-studied.

A new mouse model reveals the hormone directly affects several key physiological functions.

Brazilian researchers have identified a previously unrecognized function of sperm that is unrelated to reproduction. A study of 13 patients admitted to the Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade ...