Every woman who lives past midlife will experience menopause, which, by definition, is
complete cessation of ovarian function. This process might occur spontaneously (natural …

Cachexia, a systemic wasting condition, is considered a late consequence of diseases,
including cancer, organ failure, or infections, and contributes to significant morbidity and …

Oestradiol establishes neural sex differences in many vertebrates 1, 2, 3 and modulates
mood, behaviour and energy balance in adulthood 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. In the canonical pathway …

Menopause is often a turning point for women's health worldwide. Increasing knowledge
from experimental data and clinical studies indicates that cardiometabolic changes can …

Over the last two decades, it has become evident that estrogens preserve the integrity of
energy homeostasis at central and peripheral levels. Estrogen deficiency, such as that …

Until menopause, women have a lower propensity to develop metabolic diseases than men,
suggestive of a protective role for sex hormones. Although a functional synergy between …

Sex hormones exert a profound influence on gendered behaviors. How individual sex
hormone-responsive neuronal populations regulate diverse sex-typical behaviors is unclear …

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researcher in biology needing to design experiments, sampling programs or analyse the …

Sexual, parental, and aggressive behaviors are central to the reproductive success of
individuals and species survival and thus are supported by hardwired neural circuits. The …

In lactating mothers, the high calcium (Ca2+) demand for milk production triggers significant
bone loss. Although oestrogen normally counteracts excessive bone resorption by …