Pregnancy is a complex and vulnerable period that presents a number of challenges to
women, including the development of postpartum psychiatric disorders (PPDs). These …

Despite decades of research aimed at identifying the causes of postpartum depression
(PPD), PPD remains common, and the causes are poorly understood. Many have attributed …

During the past decade there has been a substantial advance in our understanding of
estrogen signaling both from a clinical as well as a preclinical perspective. Estrogen …

Are there sex differences in pain? For experimentally delivered somatic stimuli, females
have lower thresholds, greater ability to discriminate, higher pain ratings, and less tolerance …

This review highlights recent evidence from clinical and basic science studies supporting a
role for estrogen in neuroprotection. Accumulated clinical evidence suggests that estrogen …

To determine whether a sex difference exists in the production of hippocampal cells during
adulthood, we examined proliferating cells and their progeny in adult rats using the …

OBJECTIVE: The goal of this overview is to examine male/female differences in
psychopathology in light of the known effects of gonadal steroids, especially estradiol, on …

A review of the literature on gender and clinical pain reveals a disproportionate
representation of women receiving treatment for many pain conditions and suggests that …

We have been studying the role and mechanism of estrogen action in the survival and
differentiation of neurons in the basal forebrain and its targets in the cerebral cortex …

Loeser - Bonica's Management of Page 1 Bonica's Management of Pain 3rd edition (January
15, 2001): By John D. Loeser (Editor), Steven H. Butler (Editor), C. Richard Chapman (Editor) …