Sex differences in brain and behavior are ubiquitous in sexually reproducing species. One cause of sexual dimorphisms is developmental differences in circulating concentrations of gonadal steroids.

The first estrogen receptor was discovered in the late 1950s, a period that Jan-Ǻke Gustafsson refers to as BC (before cloning). Forty years later, he and colleagues were looking for a completely ...

A new study has found that the hormone estrogen plays a protective role against stress-induced, depression-like behaviors in male mice, a function previously thought to be primarily associated with ...

Systemic lupus erythematosus is a chronic autoimmune disease in which immune cells invade various organs and unleash harmful inflammatory responses. Estrogen may contribute to the condition, which ...

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