Article
Alterations in the human brain in menopause.
Maturitas - 20 May 2007
Ishunina T A, Swaab D F
Abstract excerpt
In a series of studies we showed that menopause in women causes alterations not only in the neuronal expression of estrogen receptors (ER) alpha and beta, but also in local estrogen production in several brain areas and in the rate of neuronal metabolism. Although such changes are clearly brain region-specific, there seems to be no evidence at present for a decrease in neuronal metabolic rate. On the contrary, an...
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