How does the brain initiate puberty? A new study suggests that neither the cells producing nor the cells receiving the neuromodulator kisspeptin are required for puberty and that the latter may even be dispensable for adult fertility.
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Moenter, S. No holy grail for puberty. Nat Neurosci 14, 670–672 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.2851
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