Although the effects of estrogen on sexual behavior in mammals are well known, its role on other types of behavior, including cognition, have only recently been recognized. This review summarizes work ...

The hormone estrogen can specifically trigger brain serotonin neurons to inhibit binge eating in female mice, researchers report. They add that this result is consistent with data in humans. "We can ...

Newly discovered estrogen receptor-dependent signaling pathways demonstrate that estrogen functions in the cytosol as well as in the nucleus. The classic estrogen receptor signaling pathway occurs ...

Transdermal estrogen therapy delivered through the skin modestly improved sexual function in early postmenopausal women, according to an article. Transdermal estrogen therapy delivered through the ...

From human development to certain diseases developing, hormones can affect the body in several ways. “Hormones are chemical messengers that are normally created in one part of the body and go to ...

Estrogens are important endocrine hormones that control physiological functions in reproductive organs, and play a pivotal role in the generation and progression of breast cancer. Therapeutic drugs ...

In ovulating women with obesity, estrogen priming appears to yield improvements in hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis function and proinflammatory profiles, according to recent findings. Alex J.

Hormones get a bad rap for a variety of conditions, from the rapid, awkward changes we experience at puberty to the mood swings associated with premenstrual syndrome. But without them, we’d never grow ...

A woman in her thirties shares her quest for answers when low estrogen symptoms puzzled her. Learn her emotional journey, and discoveries.

Expert Rev Endocrinol Metab. 2009;5(5):507-520. Estrogen not only modulates memory formation and maintenance processes in some contexts, but also biases the learning strategy utilized to solve a task, ...

Transdermal estrogen therapy delivered through the skin modestly improved sexual function in early postmenopausal women, according to an article published by JAMA Internal Medicine. Declining estrogen ...