Department of OBGYN

Tony M. Plant, PhD

  • Emeritus Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

Education & Training

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh
  • PhD, Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, United Kingdom

Representative Publications

  • Witchel SF and Plant TM. Puberty: Gonadarche and Adrenarche. In: Strauss III JF, Barbieri RL, editors. Yen and Jaffe’s Reproductive Endocrinology: Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Management. Seventh Edition. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders; 2014. p. 377-421.
  • Terasawa E, Guerriero KA and Plant TM.  Kisspeptin and puberty in mammals. In: Kaufman AS and Smith JT, editors. Kisspeptin Signaling in Reproductive Biology. Adv Exp Med Biol 2013; 784: 253-273. PMID: 23550010
  • Plant TM.  A comparison of the neuroendocrine mechanisms underlying the initiation of the preovulatory LH surge in the human, Old World monkey and rodent. Front Neuroendocrinol 2012; 33: 160-168. PMID: 22410547
  • Plant TM and Witchel SF.  Is there a trigger for puberty in the male?  Should early or delayed puberty be treated? If so, how?  In: Robaire B, Chan P, editors. Handbook of Andrology. Lawrence, Kansas: Allen Press Inc.; 2010. p. 18.1–18.4.

 

 

 

 

Clinical Interests/Research Interests

Dr Plant’s studies focus on the neurobiology of puberty onset, the neuroendocrine control of the menstrual cycle and testis, the endocrine control of spermatogenesis and, more recently, in the cell and molecular biology underlying spermatogonial differentiation.