Progesterone is commonly considered as a female reproductive hormone and is well-known
for its role in pregnancy. It is less well appreciated that progesterone and its metabolite …

Nowadays, steroid hormonal analysis becomes important in maintaining reproduction,
metabolism, growth, endocrine function and environmental applications, as they are …

The Parental Brain: Mechanisms, Development, and Evolution presents a comprehensive
analysis of how the brain regulates parental behavior in nonhuman animals and in humans …

Oral contraceptives (OCs) are widely used yet understudied given their potential for public
health consequences. Emerging investigations scaling from single-subject, dense-sampling …

Interest in female sexual behavior and reproduction is likely as old as our species. Indeed,
one of the oldest known medical texts, the Kahun Papyrus, found near the pyramid in El …

Steroid hormone, progesterone, modulates neuroendocrine functions in the central nervous
system resulting in alterations in physiology and behavior. These neuronal effects are …

It was assumed for a long time that sex steroids are activating reproductive behaviors by the
same mechanisms that produce their morphological and physiological effects in the …

The enzymatic complex 5α-reductase (5α-R) and 3α/3β-hydroxysteroid oxidoreductase
(HSOR) is expressed in the nervous system, where it transforms progesterone (PROG) and …

Women develop chronic pain during their reproductive years more often than men, and
estrogen and progesterone regulate this susceptibility. We tested whether brain …

Endocrine systems have long been suggested to be one of the important factors in
neuropsychiatric disorders, while the underlying mechanisms have not been well …