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Estrogens and Memory
Basic Research and Clinical Implications
Inbunden, 2020
2273 kr
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Estrogens are key modulators of brain regions that mediate learning and memory formation. This regulation has significant translational implications, as estrogens contribute to age-related memory decline and dementia, emotional disorders, addiction, and recovery from brain injury. Although the …
Hormones and Brain Plasticity
Inbunden, 2009
1501 kr
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The nervous system has a remarkable capacity for self-reorganization, and in this first systematic analysis of the interaction between hormones and brain plasticity, Luis Miguel Garcia-Segura proposes that hormones modulate metaplasticity in the brain. He covers a wide variety of hormones, brain …
Tempests, Poxes, Predators, and People
Stress in Wild Animals and How They Cope
Av L.Michael Romero, John C. Wingfield
Inbunden, 2015
3272 kr
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Although scientists have discovered many fundamental physiological and behavioral mechanisms that comprise the stress response, most of current knowledge is based on laboratory experiments using domesticated or captive animals. Scientists are only beginning, however, to understand how stress …
The Biology of Homosexuality
Inbunden, 2011
1544 kr
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In this fascinating book, Jacques Balthazart presents a simple description of the biological mechanisms that are involved in the determination of sexual orientation in animals and also presumably in humans. Using scientific studies published over the last few decades, he argues that sexual …
Brain Aromatase, Estrogens, and Behavior
Av BALTHAZART, Balthazart m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
2719 kr
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It is well known that the class of steroid hormones known as estrogens have powerful effects on organs related to reproduction such as the uterus and the breast. What is less well known is that estrogens also profoundly modulate brain function and behavior. Estrogens, such as estradiol, can occur …
Losing Our Minds
How Environmental Pollution Impairs Human Intelligence and Mental Health
Inbunden, 2014
1677 kr
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The global prevalence of neurodevelopmental disorders is accelerating. Numbers of children affected by an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the United States have reached 1 in 88 -- 1 in 56 among boys -- and even more children have developed attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders (ADHD). The …
Endocrine Disruptors, Brain, and Behavior
Av Heather B. Patisaul, Scott M. Belcher
Inbunden, 2017
1733 kr
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Our world and bodies are becoming increasingly polluted with chemicals capable of interfering with our hormones and thus, possibly, our present and future neural and mental health. As authors Heather Patisaul and Scott Belcher outline, there is a large lack of data and evidence in this causal …
