Energy storage occurs mainly at the level of white adipose tissue, where adipocytes secrete the anorexigenic adipokine leptin
humans and laboratory animals with leptin or insulin deficiency or resistance and/or increased ghrelin levels exhibit delayed or absent puberty and frequently display hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, which prevents fertility
Ghrelin suppresses pulsatile gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) release [14,15], thus serving as a signal to suppress reproduction in times of famine
Good, although brief, discussion of the interaction between metabolism and hormones. Kisspeptin is a GNRH secreatagogue "upstream". Insulin, Leptin, and Gherlin can inhibit GNRH through resistance and low levels. Probably a U shaped graph of optimal activity.