Puberty, ovarian steroids, and stress

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1021, Issue , 2004, Pages 124-133

  Young, Elizabeth A ^a   Altemus, Margaret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Ovarian steroids; Puberty; Stress hormones

Indexed keywords

11BETA,17BETA DIHYDROXY 6 METHYL 17ALPHA (1 PROPYNYL)ANDROSTA 1,4,6 TRIEN 3 ONE; DEXAMETHASONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; LEUPRORELIN; PROGESTERONE; STEROID;

BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS; INHIBITION KINETICS; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PUBERTY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STRESS;

FALLOPIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 3042835715     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1308.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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