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Professor Rebecca Campbell

Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 479 7343
Email
rebecca.campbell@otago.ac.nz
Position
Professor and Deputy HOD (Research)
Department
Department of Physiology
Qualifications
BSc PhD
Research summary
Neuroendocrinology

Research

I am interested in defining how the gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons, well established as the ultimate downstream regulators of the central control of reproductive function, are regulated by the multitude of external and internal cues necessary for successful fertility.

I am investigating the synaptic regulation of GnRH neurons, with particular emphasis on the innervation to their lengthy dendrites, through a variety of morphological imaging and transgenic mouse model approaches. In addition to understanding the regulation of normal fertility, I am also interested in addressing the central neuroendocrine abnormalities of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), the leading cause of infertility in women.

Publications

Ruddenklau, A., Glendining, K., Prescott, M., & Campbell, R. E. (2023). Validation of a new custom polyclonal progesterone receptor antibody for immunohistochemistry in the female mouse brain. Journal of the Endocrine Society, bvad113. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1210/jendso/bvad113

Emanuel, R. H. K., Docherty, P. D., Lunt, H., & Campbell, R. E. (2023). Comparing literature- and subreddit-derived laboratory values in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS): Validation of clinical data posted on PCOS Reddit forums. JMIR Formative Research, 7, e44810. doi: 10.2196/44810

Watanabe, Y., Fisher, L., Campbell, R. E., & Jasoni, C. L. (2023). Defining potential targets of prenatal androgen excess: Expression analysis of androgen receptor on hypothalamic neurons in the fetal female mouse brain. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/jne.13302

Decourt, C., Watanabe, Y., Evans, M. C., Inglis, M. A., Fisher, L. C., Jasoni, C. L., Campbell, R. E., & Anderson, G. M. (2023). Deletion of androgen receptors from kisspeptin neurons prevents PCOS features in a letrozole mouse model. Endocrinology, bqad077. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1210/endocr/bqad077

Lissaman, A. C., Girling, J. E., Cree, L. M., Campbell, R. E., & Ponnampalam, A. P. (2023). Androgen signalling in the ovaries and endometrium. Molecular Human Reproduction. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/molehr/gaad017

Campbell, R. E. (2018). Morphology of the adult GnRH neuron. In A. E. Herbison & T. M. Plant (Eds.), The GnRHS neuron and its control. (pp. 121-142). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781119233275

Chapter in Book - Research

Clarke, I. J., Campbell, R., Smith, J. T., Prevot, V., & Wray, S. (2012). Neuroendocrine control of reproduction. In G. Fink, D. W. Pfaff & J. Levine (Eds.), Handbook of Neuroendocrinology. (pp. 197-235). Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-12-375097-6.10009-5

Chapter in Book - Research

Decourt, C., Watanabe, Y., Evans, M. C., Inglis, M. A., Fisher, L. C., Jasoni, C. L., Campbell, R. E., & Anderson, G. M. (2023). Deletion of androgen receptors from kisspeptin neurons prevents PCOS features in a letrozole mouse model. Endocrinology, bqad077. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1210/endocr/bqad077

Journal - Research Article

Donaldson, N. M., Prescott, M., Ruddenklau, A., Campbell, R. E., & Desroziers, E. (2023). Maternal androgen excess significantly impairs sexual behavior in male and female mouse offspring: Perspective for a biological origin of sexual dysfunction in PCOS. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 14, 1116482. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1116482

Journal - Research Article

Emanuel, R. H. K., Docherty, P. D., Lunt, H., & Campbell, R. E. (2023). Comparing literature- and subreddit-derived laboratory values in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS): Validation of clinical data posted on PCOS Reddit forums. JMIR Formative Research, 7, e44810. doi: 10.2196/44810

Journal - Research Article

Ruddenklau, A., Glendining, K., Prescott, M., & Campbell, R. E. (2023). Validation of a new custom polyclonal progesterone receptor antibody for immunohistochemistry in the female mouse brain. Journal of the Endocrine Society, bvad113. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1210/jendso/bvad113

Journal - Research Article

Watanabe, Y., Fisher, L., Campbell, R. E., & Jasoni, C. L. (2023). Defining potential targets of prenatal androgen excess: Expression analysis of androgen receptor on hypothalamic neurons in the fetal female mouse brain. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/jne.13302

Journal - Research Article

Abbasi, M., Perkinson, M. R., Seymour, A. J., Piet, R., Campbell, R. E., Iremonger, K. J., & Brown, C. H. (2022). Local kisspeptin excitation of rat oxytocin neurones in late pregnancy. Journal of Physiology, 600(7), 1753-1770. doi: 10.1113/jp282531

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Coyle, C. S., Prescott, M., Handelsman, D. J., Walters, K. A., & Campbell, R. E. (2022). Chronic androgen excess in female mice does not impact luteinizing hormone pulse frequency or putative GABAergic inputs to GnRH neurons. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 34, e13110. doi: 10.1111/jne.13110

Journal - Research Article

Emanuel, R. H. K., Roberts, J., Docherty, P. D., Lunt, H., Campbell, R. E., & Möller, K. (2022). A review of the hormones involved in the endocrine dysfunctions of polycystic ovary syndrome and their interactions. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 13, 1017468. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.1017468

Journal - Research Article

Evans, M. C., Campbell, R. E., & Anderson, G. M. (2022). Physiological regulation of leptin as an integrative signal of reproductive readiness [Review]. Current Opinion in Pharmacology, 67, 102321. doi: 10.1016/j.coph.2022.102321

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Jamieson, B. B., Moore, A. M., Lohr, D. B., Thomas, S. X., Coolen, L. M., Lehman, M. N., Campbell, R. E., & Piet, R. (2022). Prenatal androgen treatment impairs the suprachiasmatic nucleus arginine-vasopressin to kisspeptin neuron circuit in female mice. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 13, 951344. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.951344

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Khant Aung, Z., Masih, R. R., Desroziers, E., Campbell, R. E., & Brown, R. S. E. (2022). Enhanced pup retrieval behaviour in a mouse model of polycystic ovary syndrome. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 34, e13206. doi: 10.1111/jne.13206

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Silva, M. S. B., & Campbell, R. E. (2022). Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and the neuroendocrine consequences of androgen excess. Comprehensive Physiology, 12, 3347-3369. doi: 10.1002/cphy.c210025

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Elenis, E., Desroziers, E., Persson, S., Sundström Poromaa, I., & Campbell, R. E. (2021). Early initiation of anti-androgen treatment is associated with increased probability of spontaneous conception leading to childbirth in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A population-based multiregistry cohort study in Sweden. Human Reproduction, 36(5), 1427-1435. doi: 10.1093/humrep/deaa357

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Jamieson, B. B., Bouwer, G. T., Campbell, R. E., & Piet, R. (2021). Estrous cycle plasticity in the central clock output to kisspeptin neurons: Implications for the preovulatory surge. Endocrinology, 162(6), 1-20. doi: 10.1210/endocr/bqab071

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Nair, B. B., Khant Aung, Z., Porteous, R., Prescott, M., Glendining, K. A., Jenkins, D. E., Augustine, R. A., Silva, M. S. B., Yip, S. H., Bouwer, G. T., Brown, C. H., Jasoni, C. L., Campbell, R. E., Bunn, S. J., Anderson, G. M., Grattan, D. R., Herbison, A. E., & Iremonger, K. J. (2021). Impact of chronic variable stress on neuroendocrine hypothalamus and pituitary in male and female C57BL/6J mice. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 33, e12972. doi: 10.1111/jne.12972

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Sati, A., Prescott, M., Holland, S., Jasoni, C. L., Desroziers, E., & Campbell, R. E. (2021). Morphological evidence indicate a role for microglia in shaping the polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)-like brain. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 33, e12999. doi: 10.1111/jne.12999

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Sucquart, I. E., Nagarkar, R., Edwards, M. C., Paris, V. R., Aflatounian, A., Bertoldo, M. J., Campbell, R. E., … Walters, K. A. (2021). Neurokinin 3 receptor antagonism ameliorates key metabolic features in a hyperandrogenic PCOS mouse model. Endocrinology, 162(5), 1-15. doi: 10.1210/endocr/bqab020

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Watanabe, Y., Prescott, M., Campbell, R. E., & Jasoni, C. L. (2021). Prenatal androgenization causes expression changes of progesterone and androgen receptor mRNAs in the arcuate nucleus of female mice across development. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 33, e13058. doi: 10.1111/jne.13058

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Coutinho, E. A., Prescott, M., Hessler, S., Marshall, C. J., Herbison, A. E., & Campbell, R. E. (2020). Activation of a classic hunger circuit slows luteinizing hormone pulsatility. Neuroendocrinology, 110(7-8), 671-687. doi: 10.1159/000504225

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Marshall, C. J., Prescott, M., & Campbell, R. E. (2020). Investigating the NPY/AgRP/GABA to GnRH neuron circuit in prenatally androgenized PCOS-like mice. Journal of the Endocrine Society, 4(11), bvaa129. doi: 10.1210/jendso/bvaa129

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Stener-Victorin, E., Padmanabhan, V., Walters, K. A., Campbell, R. E., Benrick, A., Giacobini, P., … Abbott, D. H. (2020). Animal models to understand the etiology and pathophysiology of polycystic ovary syndrome. Endocrine Reviews, 41, 538-576. doi: 10.1210/endrev/bnaa010

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Gordon, C., Campbell, R., & Ranta, A. (2019). Impact of the national public 'FAST' campaigns. New Zealand Medical Journal, 132(1507), 48-56. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

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Holland, S., Prescott, M., Pankhurst, M., & Campbell, R. E. (2019). The influence of maternal androgen excess on the male reproductive axis. Scientific Reports, 9, 18908. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-55436-9

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Silva, M. S. B., Desroziers, E., Hessler, S., Prescott, M., Coyle, C., Herbison, A. E., & Campbell, R. E. (2019). Activation of arcuate nucleus GABA neurons promotes luteinizing hormone secretion and reproductive dysfunction: Implications for polycystic ovary syndrome. EBioMedicine, 44, 582-596. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.05.065

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Moore, A. M., Abbott, G., Mair, J., Prescott, M., & Campbell, R. E. (2018). Mapping GABA and glutamate inputs to gonadotrophin-releasing hormone neurones in male and female mice. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 30, e12657. doi: 10.1111/jne.12657

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Moore, A. M., Prescott, M., Czieselsky, K., Desroziers, E., Yip, S. H., Campbell, R. E., & Herbison, A. E. (2018). Synaptic innervation of the GnRH neuron distal dendron in female mice. Endocrinology, 159(9), 3200-3208. doi: 10.1210/en.2018-00505

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Silva, M. S. B., Prescott, M., & Campbell, R. E. (2018). Ontogeny and reversal of brain circuit abnormalities in a preclinical model of PCOS. JCI Insight, 3(7), e399405. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.99405

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Kunovac-Kallak, T., Hellgren, C., Skalkidou, A., Sandelin-Francke, L., Ubhayasekhera, K., Bergquist, J., … Campbell, R. E., & Sundström Poromaa, I. (2017). Maternal and female fetal testosterone levels are associated with maternal age and gestational weight gain. European Journal of Endocrinology, 177, 379-388. doi: 10.1530/eje-17-0207

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Marshall, C. J., Desroziers, E., McLennan, T., & Campbell, R. E. (2017). Defining subpopulations of arcuate nucleus GABA neurons in male, female, and prenatally androgenized female mice. Neuroendocrinology, 105(2), 157-169. doi: 10.1159/000452105

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Moore, A. M., & Campbell, R. E. (2017). Polycystic ovary syndrome: Understanding the role of the brain. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 46, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2017.05.002

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Seymour, A. J., Scott, V., Augustine, R. A., Bouwer, G. T., Campbell, R. E., & Brown, C. H. (2017). Development of an excitatory kisspeptin projection to the oxytocin system in late pregnancy. Journal of Physiology, 595(3), 825-838. doi: 10.1113/jp273051

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Cimino, I., Casoni, F., Liu, X., Messina, A., Parkash, J., Jamin, S. P., … Prescott, M., Campbell, R., Herbison, A. E., … Giacobini, P. (2016). Novel role for anti-Müllerian hormone in the regulation of GnRH neuron excitability and hormone secretion. Nature Communications, 7, 10055. doi: 10.1038/ncomms10055

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Czieselsky, K., Prescott, M., Porteous, R., Campos, P., Clarkson, J., Steyn, F. J., Campbell, R. E., & Herbison, A. E. (2016). Pulse and surge profiles of luteinizing hormone secretion in the mouse. Endocrinology, 157(12), 4794-4802. doi: 10.1210/en.2016-1351

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Moore, A. M., & Campbell, R. E. (2016). The neuroendocrine genesis of polycystic ovary syndrome: A role for arcuate nucleus GABA neurons. Journal of Steroid Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, 160, 106-117. doi: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2015.10.002

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Moore, A. M., Prescott, M., Marshall, C. J., Yip, S. H., & Campbell, R. E. (2015). Enhancement of a robust arcuate GABAergic input to gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons in a model of polycystic ovarian syndrome. PNAS, 112(2), 596-601. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1415038112

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Yip, S. H., Boehm, U., Herbison, A. E., & Campbell, R. E. (2015). Conditional viral tract tracing delineates the projections of the distinct kisspeptin neuron populations to gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons in the mouse. Endocrinology, 156(7), 2582-2594. doi: 10.1210/en.2015-1131

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Campbell, R. E., & Herbison, A. E. (2014). Gonadal steroid neuromodulation of developing and mature hypothalamic neuronal networks. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 29, 96-102. doi: 10.1016/j.conb.2014.06.003

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Shin, J., Prescott, M., Mair, J., & Campbell, R. E. (2014). Roles for primary cilia in gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons in the mouse. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 26(1), 18-25. doi: 10.1111/jne.12122

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Moore, A. M., Prescott, M., & Campbell, R. E. (2013). Estradiol negative and positive feedback in a prenatal androgen-induced mouse model of polycystic ovarian syndrome. Endocrinology, 154(2), 796-806. doi: 10.1210/en.2012-1954

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Norberg, R., Campbell, R., & Suter, K. J. (2013). Ion channels and information processing in GnRH neuron dendrites. Channels, 7(3), 135-145. doi: 10.4161/chan.24228

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Campbell, R. E., Ducret, E., Porteous, R., Liu, X., Herde, M. K., Wellerhaus, K., … Herbison, A. E. (2011). Gap junctions between neuronal inputs but not gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons control estrous cycles in the mouse. Endocrinology, 152(6), 2290-2301. doi: 10.1210/en.2010-1311

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Chan, H., Prescott, M., Ong, Z. Y., Herde, M. K., Herbison, A. E., & Campbell, R. E. (2011). Dendritic spine plasticity in gonadatropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons activated at the time of the preovulatory surge. Endocrinology, 152(12), 4906-4914. doi: 10.1210/en.2011-1522

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Herde, M. K., Geist, K., Campbell, R. E., & Herbison, A. E. (2011). Gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons extend complex highly branched dendritic trees outside the blood-brain barrier. Endocrinology, 152(10), 3832-3841. doi: 10.1210/en.2011-1228

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Campbell, R. E., & Suter, K. J. (2010). Redefining the gonadotrophin-releasing hormone neurone dendrite. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 22, 650-658. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2010.02032.x

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Lee, K., Porteous, R., Campbell, R. E., Lüscher, B., & Herbison, A. E. (2010). Knockdown of GABAA receptor signaling in GnRH neurons has minimal effects upon fertility. Endocrinology, 151(9), 4428-4436. doi: 10.1210/en.2010-0314

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Campbell, R. E., Gaidamaka, G., Han, S.-K., & Herbison, A. E. (2009). Dendro-dendritic bundling and shared synapses between gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons. PNAS, 106(26), 10835-10840. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0903463106

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Roberts, C. B., Campbell, R. E., Herbison, A. E., & Suter, K. J. (2008). Dendritic action potential initiation in hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons. Endocrinology, 149(7), 3355-3360.

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Campbell, R. E. (2007). Defining the gonadotrophin-releasing hormone neuronal network: Transgenic approaches to understanding neurocircuitry. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 19(7), 561-573. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2007.01568.x

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Campbell, R. E., & Herbison, A. E. (2007). Definition of brainstem afferents to gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons in the mouse using conditional viral tract tracing. Endocrinology, 148(12), 5884-5890.

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Cottrell, E. C., Campbell, R. E., Han, S.-K., & Herbison, A. E. (2006). Postnatal remodeling of dendritic structure and spine density in gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons. Endocrinology, 147(8), 3652-3661.

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Wintermantel, T. M., Campbell, R. E., Porteous, R., Bock, D., Gröne, H.-J., Todman, M. G., … Herbison, A. E. (2006). Definition of estrogen receptor pathway critical for estrogen positive feedback to gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons and fertility. Neuron, 52, 271-280.

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Campbell, R. E., Han, S.-K., & Herbison, A. E. (2005). Biocytin filling of adult gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons in situ reveals extensive, spiny, dendritic processes. Endocrinology, 146(3), 1163-1169.

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Campbell, R. E., Grove, K. L., & Smith, S. (2003). Distribution of corticotropin releasing hormone receptor immunoreactivity in the rat hypothalamus: Coexpression in neuropeptide Y and dopamine neurons in the arcuate nucleus. Brain Research, 973, 223-232.

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Campbell, R. E., Grove, K. L., & Smith, S. (2003). Gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons coexpress orexin 1 receptor immunoreactivity and receive direct contacts by orexin fibers. Endocrinology, 144(4), 1542-1548.

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Campbell, R. E., Smith, S., Allen, S. E., Grayson, B. E., ffrench-Mullen, J. M. H., & Grove, K. L. (2003). Orexin neurons express a functional pancreatic polypeptide Y4 receptor. Journal of Neuroscience, 23(4), 1487-1497.

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Campbell, R. E., ffrench-Mullen, J. M. H., Cowley, M. A., Smith, M. S., & Grove, K. L. (2001). Hypothalamic circuitry of neuropeptide Y regulation of neuroendocrine function and food intake via the Y5 receptor subtype. Neuroendocrinology, 73, 106-119.

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Grove, K. L., Campbell, R. E., French-Mullen, J. M. H., Cowley, M. A., & Smith, M. S. (2000). Neuropeptide Y Y5 receptor expression in the cortical/limbic system and brainstem of the rat: Expression on γ-Aminobutyric acid and corticotropin-releasing hormone neurons. Neuroscience, 100(4), 731-740.

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Lu, N. Z., Shales, T. A., Dziennis, S. E., Campbell, R. E., & Bethea, C. L. (1999). Ovarian steroid action on tryptophan hydroxylase protein and serotonin compared to localization of ovarian steroid receptors in midbrain of guinea pigs. Endocrine, 11(3), 257-267.

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Glendining, K. A., & Campbell, R. E. (2023). Recent advances in emerging PCOS therapies. Current Opinion in Pharmacology, 68, 102345. doi: 10.1016/j.coph.2022.102345

Journal - Research Other

Lissaman, A. C., Girling, J. E., Cree, L. M., Campbell, R. E., & Ponnampalam, A. P. (2023). Androgen signalling in the ovaries and endometrium. Molecular Human Reproduction. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/molehr/gaad017

Journal - Research Other

Campbell, R. E., Coolen, L. M., Hoffman, G. E., & Hrabovszky, E. (2022). Highlights of neuroanatomical discoveries of the mammalian gonadotropin-releasing hormone system. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 34, e13115. doi: 10.1111/jne.13115

Journal - Research Other

McCartney, C. R., Campbell, R. E., Marshall, J. C., & Moenter, S. M. (2022). The role of gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons in polycystic ovary syndrome [Invited]. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 34, e13093. doi: 10.1111/jne.13093

Journal - Research Other

McCartney, C. R., & Campbell, R. E. (2020). Abnormal GnRH pulsatility in polycystic ovary syndrome: Recent insights. Current Opinion in Endocrine & Metabolic Research, 12, 78-84. doi: 10.1016/j.coemr.2020.04.005

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Coyle, C., & Campbell, R. E. (2019). Pathological pulses in PCOS. Molecular & Cellular Endocrinology, 498, 110561. doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2019.110561

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Ruddenklau, A., & Campbell, R. E. (2019). Neuroendocrine impairments of polycystic ovary syndrome. Endocrinology, 160(10), 2230-2242. doi: 10.1210/en.2019-00428

Journal - Research Other

Augustine, R. A., Seymour, A. J., Campbell, R. E., Grattan, D. R., & Brown, C. H. (2018). Integrative neurohumoral regulation of oxytocin neurone activity in pregnancy and lactation. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 30(8), e12569. doi: 10.1111/jne.12569

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Walters, K. A., Gilchrist, R. B., Ledger, W. L., Teede, H. J., Handelsman, D. J., & Campbell, R. E. (2018). New perspectives on the pathogenesis of PCOS: Neuroendocrine origins. Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 29(12), 841-852. doi: 10.1016/j.tem.2018.08.005

Journal - Research Other

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