The changing face of Turner syndrome

CH Gravholt, M Viuff, J Just, K Sandahl… - Endocrine …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Turner syndrome (TS) is a condition in females missing the second sex chromosome (45, X)
or parts thereof. It is considered a rare genetic condition and is associated with a wide range …

Selenium in bodily homeostasis: hypothalamus, hormones, and highways of communication

P Toh, JL Nicholson, AM Vetter, MJ Berry… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The ability of the body to maintain homeostasis requires constant communication between
the brain and peripheral tissues. Different organs produce signals, often in the form of …

Multivariate genetic analysis of personality and cognitive traits reveals abundant pleiotropy

G Hindley, AA Shadrin, D van der Meer… - Nature human …, 2023 - nature.com
Personality and cognitive function are heritable mental traits whose genetic foundations may
be distributed across interconnected brain functions. Previous studies have typically treated …

Insights in the effect of fluctuating female hormones on injury risk—challenge and chance

K Legerlotz, T Nobis - Frontiers in physiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
It is time to take on the challenge of investigating the complex effect of fluctuating female
hormones on injury risk as this offers a chance to improve female athletes' health and …

Sex differences in pain along the neuraxis

P Presto, M Mazzitelli, R Junell, Z Griffin… - …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite the overwhelming female-predominance in chronic pain disorders, preclinical pain
studies have historically excluded females as research subjects. Male-biased explanations …

Reward processes in extinction learning and applications to exposure therapy

BM Rosenberg, NM Barnes-Horowitz… - Journal of Anxiety …, 2024 - Elsevier
Anxiety disorders are common and highly distressing mental health conditions. Exposure
therapy is a gold-standard treatment for anxiety disorders. Mechanisms of Pavlovian fear …

A cross-sectional study of the association between heavy metals and pan-cancers associated with sex hormones in NHANES 1999–2018

H Cao, Y Yang, B Huang, Y Zhang, Y Wu… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Given the complexity of tumorigenesis, numerous studies have also shown that excessive
exposure to heavy metals increases the risk of cancers and disrupts the secretion of sex …

Task-related neural activation abnormalities in patients with remitted major depressive disorder: a coordinate-based meta-analysis

Z Wang, Z Zou, J Xiao, P Wang, Y Luo, W Min… - Neuroscience & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Major depressive disorder (MDD) patients demonstrate abnormal neural activation even
after complete remission. Many task-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) …

Testosterone, oxytocin and co-operation: A hypothesis for the origin and function of music

H Fukui, K Toyoshima - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Since the time of Darwin, theories have been proposed on the origin and functions of music;
however, the subject remains enigmatic. The literature shows that music is closely related to …

The impact of 17β-estradiol on the estrogen-deficient female brain: from mechanisms to therapy with hot flushes as target symptoms

K Prokai-Tatrai, L Prokai - Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Sex steroids are essential for whole body development and functions. Among these steroids,
17β-estradiol (E2) has been known as the principal “female” hormone. However, E2's …