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The Journal of Reproduction and Development (JRD) is an international, peer-reviewed Open Access publication, and the official journal of the Society for Reproduction and Development. In six issues per year, JRD publishes basic studies of reproductive biology in vertebrates, including gametogenesis, early embryonic development, placenta development, implantation, reproductive endocrine function and reproductive organ development. JRD also welcomes applied and clinical studies that contribute to the control of reproduction in wild, domestic and laboratory animals, and to the development of new technology to address issues in the field of reproduction. Human clinical case reports are not published by the journal.

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The kisspeptin neurons in the arcuate nucleus (ARC) are the site of estrogen-negative feedback of kisspeptin gene (Kiss1) expression in female mammals. Takizawa et al. investigated whether nuclear receptor corepressor 2 (NCOR2), an estrogen receptor α corepressor, is involved in estrogen-induced Kiss1 repression using two rat models: proestrous virgin and late-lactating model rats (Takizawa et al.; Involvement of nuclear receptor corepressor 2 (NCOR2) in estrogen-induced repression of arcuate Kiss1 expression in female rats. pp. 71–84). Ncor2 (magenta) was expressed in more than 80% of ARC Kiss1-expressing cells (green) in female rats, as shown in the cover photograph. Kisspeptin-neuron-specific Ncor2 knockdown increased the number of Kiss1-expressing cells and the intensity of the Kiss1 signals in the ARC in the proestrous model Kiss1-Cre rats but not in the late-lactating Kiss1-Cre rats. These findings suggest that NCOR2 in ARC kisspeptin neurons mediates the proestrous levels of estrogen-induced repression of ARC Kiss1 expression in virgin rats.

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