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Hemostasis and female sex hormones
The review considers modern concepts of the pathogenesis of coagulation disorders in women and the participation of endogenous and exogenous sex steroids in it.
О. А. Ефименко +1 more
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Sex Hormones Regulate SHANK Expression
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have a higher prevalence in male individuals compared to females, with a ratio of affected boys compared to girls of 4:1 for ASD and 11:1 for Asperger syndrome.
Simone Berkel +7 more
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Glucocorticoids, Sex Hormones, and Immunity
Glucocorticoid hormones regulate essential body functions in mammals, control cell metabolism, growth, differentiation, and apoptosis. Importantly, they are potent suppressors of inflammation, and multiple immune-modulatory mechanisms involving leukocyte
Oxana Bereshchenko +3 more
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A variety of evidence suggests a link between migraine and the female sex hormones. Women with migraine outnumber men by at least a 2:1 ratio and definite patterns of development and attacks are noted at menarche and throughout the period of menses, related to trimester of pregnancy, and again at menopause, although it may also regress.
S D, Silberstein, G R, Merriam
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Ontogeny of sex differences in response to novel objects from adolescence to adulthood in Lister-hooded rats [PDF]
This work was supported by The Wellcome Trust [grant 078405/Z/05/Z]n humans, novelty-seeking behavior peaks in adolescence and is higher in males than females.
Gillian R. Brown +3 more
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Sex Differences in Diabetes- and TGF-β1-Induced Renal Damage
While females are less affected by non-diabetic kidney diseases compared to males, available data on sex differences in diabetic nephropathy (DN) are controversial.
Nadja Ziller +8 more
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Psychoneuroendocrine protocol to comprehensively study sexually dimorphic cognition
Background: A large body of research provides evidence for sex differences in cognitive abilities. These sex differences stem from the interplay between biological sex (e.g., birth-assigned sex, sex hormones) and psychosocial gender (e.g., gender ...
Sarah Kheloui +7 more
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Sex steroids, growth factors and mammographic density: a cross-sectional study of UK postmenopausal Caucasian and Afro-Caribbean women. [PDF]
INTRODUCTION: Sex steroids, insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) and prolactin are breast cancer risk factors but whether their effects are mediated through mammographic density, one of the strongest risk factors for breast cancer, is unknown.
Isabel dos Santos Silva +29 more
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Prenatal versus postnatal sex steroid hormone effects on autistic traits in children at 18 to 24 months of age [PDF]
Background Studies of prenatal exposure to sex steroid hormones predict autistic traits in children at 18 to 24 and at 96 months of age. However, it is not known whether postnatal exposure to these hormones has a similar effect.
Simon Baron-Cohen +20 more
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Background The role of sex hormones on cellular function is unclear. Studies show androgens and estrogens are protective in the CNS, whereas other studies found no effects or damaging effects.
Phong Duong +5 more
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