Sex steroids play a very important role in female neurobiology. Postmenopausal gonadal
hormone withdrawal seem to be of critical importance in mood disorders, reduced libido and …

Objective: To estimate the association of endogenous levels of bioavailable testosterone
and estradiol with risk for cognitive decline and dementia in old men. Methods: Within the …

This study was undertaken to estimate the total number of cholinergic cells and the
percentage of cholinergic cells that contain estrogen receptor-α (ERα) in the rat basal …

The role of oestrogen replacement therapy in preventing or delaying ageassociated
cognitive decline is controversial. Therapy success may critically depend on the time of …

Depression is one of the most important health problems worldwide. Women are 2.5 times
more likely to experience major depression than men. Evidence suggests that some women …

This text provides a fascinating approach to the widely studied area of individual differences
and in particular sex differences. The book looks at perception, attention, memory, language …

The brain is an important target organ for peripherally synthesized estrogen but it also has
its own steroid biosynthesis producing estrogen from testosterone catalyzed by the …

Numerous studies have suggested that sexual dimorphism may exist in learning and
memory, particularly in types involving the hippocampus. In the present study, we examined …

Methods: The rats were anesthesized combining dosage of ketamine and xylazine. Then,
both ovaries were eliminated and 3 weeks after surgery the animals entered the study. The …

Much of the literature on maternal behavior has focused on the role of infant experience and
hormones in a canonical subcortical circuit for maternal motivation and maternal memory …