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The
Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology is a unit of the UCLA Brain Research
Institute comprising fourteen faculty laboratories with a common
interest in neuroendocrinology. The LNE fosters education and
research in neuroendocrinology, especially in areas concerning
reproduction. The activities of the LNE include graduate and undergraduate
courses in neuroendocrinology, the weekly brown-bag seminar on
current topics in neuroendocrinology, exchange of research ideas
and methods among member laboratories, research opportunities
for students at all levels, and the annual Charles Sawyer lectureship
in neuroendocrinology. The educational activities of the LNE have
been funded continuously since 1980 by an NIH training grant,
"Neuroendocrinology of Reproduction." Research of the faculty
spans all analytical levels in the field of neuroscience, from
the molecular to the behavioral. Research interests include sex
determination and sexual differentiation, hormonal regulation
of neural function, gender differences in disease, cellular and
molecular analysis of neural development, neural regulation of
gonadal and adrenal function, glial neurobiology, stress, aging,
neuroendocrine immunology, growth factors and cytokines, and genetic
approaches. Although the main focus is on basic research in neuroendocrinology,
some faculty are also involved in direct analysis of human disease
and clinical trials to develop new neuroendocrine therapies.
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