Good sleep quality is important for good health, both physical and mental, and indeed for
quality of life, performance and productivity. Sleep problems increase with age in both …

The ovarian hormone estrogen has long been used to treat the physical symptoms of
menopause and to aid in the prevention of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women …

PURPOSE: To investigate and to identify endocrine and metabolic abnormalities in patients
with central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR). DESIGN: Observational case series …

The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) is the clock of the brain that orchestrates circadian and
circannual biological rhythms, such as the rhythms of hormones, body temperature, sleep …

This is the second of a two-part review on body temperature variability. Part 1 discussed
historical and modern findings on average body temperatures, it also discussed …

Oestrogen regulates various aspects of circadian rhythm physiology. The presence of
oestrogen receptors within the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), the principal circadian …

Women are twice as likely than men to suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
While women have increased exposure to traumatic events of many types and have greater …

This study reports the first systematic rostrocaudal distribution of estrogen receptor beta
immunoreactivity (ERβ‐ir) in the human hypothalamus and adjacent areas in five males and …

The thermoregulatory functions may vary with age. Thermosensitivity is active in neonates
and children; both heat production and heat loss effector mechanisms are functional but …

Context Perturbations to the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis have been
hypothesized to increase postmenopausal cardiometabolic risk. Although sleep disturbance …