Trajectories and phenotypes with estrogen exposures across the lifespan: What does Goldilocks have to do with it?

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 86-104

  Koebele, Stephanie V ^a,b   Bimonte Nelson, Heather A ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA ALZHEIMER S CONSORTIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Activational; Aging; Brain; Development; Estrogen; Female; Hormones; Memory; Menopause; Organizational

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; ESTROGEN;

AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL AGING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SELECTIVITY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GEL; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MAMMAL; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSDERMAL PATCH; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MENOPAUSE; PHENOTYPE; POSTMENOPAUSE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84941662827     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.06.009     Document Type: Article

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