Oestradiol as a neuromodulator of learning and memory

LR Taxier, KS Gross, KM Frick - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2020 - nature.com
Although hormones such as glucocorticoids have been broadly accepted in recent decades
as general neuromodulators of memory processes, sex steroid hormones such as the potent …

Postpartum depression: Etiology, treatment and consequences for maternal care

S Brummelte, LAM Galea - Hormones and behavior, 2016 - Elsevier
This article is part of a Special Issue “Parental Care”. Pregnancy and postpartum are
associated with dramatic alterations in steroid and peptide hormones which alter the …

[HTML][HTML] The peri-menopause in a woman's life: a systemic inflammatory phase that enables later neurodegenerative disease

M McCarthy, AP Raval - Journal of neuroinflammation, 2020 - Springer
The peri-menopause or menopausal transition—the time period that surrounds the final
years of a woman's reproductive life—is associated with profound reproductive and …

Sexual dimorphism in cancer

A Clocchiatti, E Cora, Y Zhang, GP Dotto - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2016 - nature.com
The incidence of many types of cancer arising in organs with non-reproductive functions is
significantly higher in male populations than in female populations, with associated …

Adult neuroplasticity: more than 40 years of research

E Fuchs, G Flügge - Neural plasticity, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Within the last four decades, our view of the mature vertebrate brain has changed
significantly. Today it is generally accepted that the adult brain is far from being fixed. A …

[HTML][HTML] Stress and adolescent hippocampal neurogenesis: diet and exercise as cognitive modulators

CM Hueston, JF Cryan, YM Nolan - Translational psychiatry, 2017 - nature.com
Adolescence is a critical period for brain maturation. Deciphering how disturbances to the
central nervous system at this time affect structure, function and behavioural outputs is …

Sex steroid hormones matter for learning and memory: estrogenic regulation of hippocampal function in male and female rodents

KM Frick, J Kim, JJ Tuscher, AM Fortress - Learning & Memory, 2015 - learnmem.cshlp.org
Ample evidence has demonstrated that sex steroid hormones, such as the potent estrogen
17β-estradiol (E2), affect hippocampal morphology, plasticity, and memory in male and …

Less can be more: Fine tuning the maternal brain

JL Pawluski, E Hoekzema, B Leuner… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract PAWLUSKI, JL, Hoekzema, E., Leuner, B., and Lonstein, JS Less can be more: Fine
tuning the maternal brain. NEUROSCI BIOBEHAV REV (129) XXX-XXX, 2022. Plasticity in …

Hippocampal learning, memory, and neurogenesis: Effects of sex and estrogens across the lifespan in adults

P Duarte-Guterman, S Yagi, C Chow, LAM Galea - Hormones and behavior, 2015 - Elsevier
This article is part of a Special Issue “Estradiol and Cognition”. There are sex differences in
hippocampus-dependent cognition and neurogenesis suggesting that sex hormones are …

Sex differences in hippocampal function

WA Koss, KM Frick - Journal of neuroscience research, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Sex differences in the function of the hippocampus have been observed in numerous
mammalian species. However, the magnitude, extent, and specificity of these differences are …