Researchers at the University of Ottawa and the Institute of Hydrobiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have discovered a new role for reproductive hormone secretoneurin (SN) and, for the first time, explained how it travels between brain cells to shape the development of the reproductive system. The findings, published in two studies, show that SN stimulates the growth and activity of neurons that control reproduction, and does so through a previously unknown delivery mechanism: tiny biological packages called exosomes.
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