Sex steroid hormones, the estrous cycle, and rapid modulation of glutamatergic synapse properties in the striatal brain regions with a focus on 17β-estradiol and the …

SB Proaño, CK Miller, AA Krentzel, DM Dorris… - Steroids, 2024 - Elsevier
The striatal brain regions encompassing the nucleus accumbens core (NAcc), shell (NAcs)
and caudate-putamen (CPu) regulate cognitive functions including motivated behaviors …

Leveraging research into sex differences and steroid hormones to improve brain health

BH Lee, RS Eid, TE Hodges, C Barth… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Sex differences, driven in part by steroid hormones, shape the structure and function of the
brain throughout the lifespan and manifest across brain health and disease. The influence of …

Epigallocatechin-3-gallate alleviates gestational stress-induced postpartum anxiety and depression-like behaviors in mice by downregulating semaphorin3A and …

F Xu, H Wu, L **e, Q Chen, Q Xu, L Sun, H Li… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Postpartum depression (PPD) is a common neuropsychiatric disorder
characterized by depression and comorbid anxiety during the postpartum period. PPD is …

Conventional and new immunotherapies for immune system dysregulation in postpartum mood disorders: comparisons to immune system dysregulations in bipolar …

HA Drexhage, V Bergink, S Poletti… - Expert Review of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Postpartum mood disorders are heterogenous disorders and comprise
postpartum psychosis and postpartum depression. Evidence is accumulating that systemic …

Increased depressive-like behaviour of postpartum Flinders sensitive and resistant line rats is reversed by a predictable postpartum stressor

M Roets, L Brand, SF Steyn - Behavioural brain research, 2023 - Elsevier
During the peripartum period, women are at an increased risk to develop perinatal distress,
presenting as symptoms of depression and/or anxiety. Yet, due to practical and ethical …

A comprehensive conceptual framework to guide clinical practice and research about mental health during the perinatal period

SW Moyer, PA Kinser - The Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) affect up to 20% of pregnant and postpartum
women and can have negative sequelae for maternal-child health. Nurses with clinical and …

The scientific body of knowledge: Whose body does it serve? A spotlight on women's brain health

AMG de Lange, EG Jacobs… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The scientific body of knowledge: Whose body does it serve? A spotlight on women's brain
health The scientific body of knowledge: Whose body does it serve? A spotlight on women's …

Menstrually-related mood disorders and postpartum depression: Convergent aspects in aetiology

D Islas-Preciado, E Estrada-Camarena… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Females suffering from Menstrually-related mood disorders (MRMDs) have more risk to
develop postpartum depression (PPD). There are overlap** symptoms between MRMDs …

ERα stimulation rapidly modulates excitatory synapse properties in female rat nucleus accumbens core

CK Miller, AA Krentzel, J Meitzen - Neuroendocrinology, 2023 - karger.com
Introduction: The nucleus accumbens core (NAcc) is a sexually differentiated brain region
that is modulated by steroid hormones such as 17β-estradiol (estradiol), with consequential …

Dopamine downregulation in novel rodent models useful for the study of postpartum depression

M Rincón-Cortés, AA Grace - Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Postpartum depression (PPD) is the most common psychiatric disorder following childbirth
and is characterized by maternal mood disturbances, impaired maternal responses, and …