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Attractive and healthy-looking male faces do not show higher immunoreactivity
Scientific Reports, 2022 Previous research has indicated that facial attractiveness may provide cues to the functioning of the immune system. Mating with individuals who have a more effective immune system could lead to a higher reproductive success.
Žaneta Pátková +6 more
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The effect of estroprogestagen therapy on lipid status in menopause depending on the drug administration route [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2020 Background/Aim. In menopausal women lipid and lipoprotein values are important predictors of development of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). The use of estrogens reduces levels of low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDLC) and lipoprotein A [Lp(a)], and ...
Čitlučanin Goran +9 more
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Sexually selected male plumage color is testosterone dependent in a tropical passerine bird, the red-backed fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 BACKGROUND: Sexual signals, such as bright plumage coloration in passerine birds, reflect individual quality, and testosterone (T) may play a critical role in maintaining signal honesty.
Willow R Lindsay +2 more
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 Buprenorphine (BUP) is a potent opioid analgesic that is widely used for severe pain management and opioid replacement therapy. The oral bioavailability of BUP, however, is significantly limited by first-pass metabolism.
Tim Quach +8 more
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Mechanism of estradiol-induced block of voltage-gated K+ currents in rat medial preoptic neurons. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 The present study was conducted to characterize possible rapid effects of 17-β-estradiol on voltage-gated K(+) channels in preoptic neurons and, in particular, to identify the mechanisms by which 17-β-estradiol affects the K(+) channels.
Michael Druzin +3 more
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Animals, 2023 The Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon) has long fascinated ornithologists with its enigmatic plumage color change. After more than a century of curiosity, the mystery was finally unraveled in the 1970s, unveiling the mechanism behind this remarkable ...
Danni Liu +4 more
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European Psychiatry, 2023 Introduction Mental pathology is relatively prevalent in the women, and there is often a need for treatment with psychotropic drugs, with an impact on women’s reproductive health.
C. Pinto Osório, P. Macedo
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Nitric oxide modulates ATP-evoked currents in mouse Leydig cells
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2018 Testosterone synthesis within Leydig cells is a calcium-dependent process. Intracellular calcium levels are regulated by different processes including ATP-activated P2X purinergic receptors, T-type Ca2+ channels modulated by the luteinizing hormone, and ...
J.L. de Deus +2 more
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Advances in hormone replacement therapy: making the menopause manageable
BMC Women's Health, 2008 The importance of the results of some large, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) has modified the risk/benefit perception of HRT. Recent literature review supports a different management.
Palacios Santiago
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Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2020 The ability of androstane and androstene neurosteroids with modifications at C-17, C-5, and C-3 (compounds 1-9) to influence the functional activity of inhibitory glycine and γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptors was estimated.
Julia V. Bukanova +2 more
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