Although the effects of estrogen on sexual behavior in mammals are well known, its role on other types of behavior, including cognition, have only recently been recognized. This review summarizes work ...

Estrogen in the brain is important to keep neurons communicating and memories being made, scientists report. Estrogen in the brain is important to keep neurons communicating and memories being made, ...

The endocrine system is the name for the glands that produce hormones in a person’s body. These glands include the thyroid gland, pituitary gland, and adrenal gland. The endocrine system produces ...

From human development to certain diseases developing, hormones can affect the body in several ways. “Hormones are chemical messengers that are normally created in one part of the body and go to ...

Transdermal estrogen therapy delivered through the skin modestly improved sexual function in early postmenopausal women, according to an article. Transdermal estrogen therapy delivered through the ...

Newly discovered estrogen receptor-dependent signaling pathways demonstrate that estrogen functions in the cytosol as well as in the nucleus. The classic estrogen receptor signaling pathway occurs ...

Hormones get a bad rap for a variety of conditions, from the rapid, awkward changes we experience at puberty to the mood swings associated with premenstrual syndrome. But without them, we’d never grow ...

Medically reviewed by Shaheen Lakhan, MD, PhD, FAAN Key Takeaways Happy hormones are neurotransmitters and chemicals that ...

You may have heard about hormone-balancing diets and certain dishes to tweak hormone levels. But is there such a thing as a ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." First, know this: “Our hormones fluctuate on purpose—they’re not meant to stay the same every day,” says ...

Hormones function as the body’s chemical messengers, orchestrating nearly every physiological process from metabolism and mood to reproduction and sleep. When these powerful compounds fall out of ...

Expert Rev Endocrinol Metab. 2009;5(5):507-520. Estrogen not only modulates memory formation and maintenance processes in some contexts, but also biases the learning strategy utilized to solve a task, ...