The influence of ovarian hormones on the putative mechanisms that promote female nicotine use

P Giner, S Ortegon, D Bagdas, LE O'Dell - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Women are more vulnerable to nicotine use.•Nicotine cessation approaches are
less effective in women.•The contribution of ovarian hormones to nicotine use is …

Sex differences in distribution and identity of aromatase gene expressing cells in the young adult rat brain

J Immenschuh, SB Thalhammer… - Biology of sex …, 2023 - Springer
Background Aromatase catalyzes the synthesis of estrogens from androgens. Knowledge on
its regional expression in the brain is of relevance to the behavioral implications of these …

Nicotine as a female reproductive toxicant—A review

JK Bhardwaj, A Siwach, SN Sachdeva - Journal of Applied Toxicology - Wiley Online Library
The preceding decades have seen an extensive emergence of the harmful effects of tobacco
smoke on systemic health. Among the various compounds of tobacco, nicotine is one of the …

Aromatase, sex hormones and the young adult brain

J Immenschuh - 2024 - diva-portal.org
Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 2042.
120 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-513-2108-0. The enzyme …