60 YEARS OF NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY: Celebrating 60 years of neuroendocrinology
- Radcliffe Department of Medicine, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Churchill Hospital, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LE, UK
- Correspondence should be addressed to A Grossman; Email: ashley.grossman{at}ocdem.ox.ac.uk
Sixty years ago, in 1955, Geoffrey Harris published his seminal work on the relationship between the hypothalamus and pituitary. Originally based on his realisation that seasonal breeding necessitates some sort of central control of gonadal function, he established without doubt that there is a portal blood connection flowing from hypothalamus to the pituitary, which could thereby connect the CNS …
