A research team led by Prof. Cao Xiaofeng from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has uncovered a key translational regulatory mechanism ...

Hopes for the use of oxytocin as a therapy for mood and attachment disorders have been confounded by the wide-ranging effects ...

A new study published in the journal Neuron provides evidence that biological sex differences in brain function and hormone ...

Potential mechanisms of estrogen-driven carcinogenesis include ... references supporting the corresponding pathway of estrogenic action.

Females "pregame," meaning they drink large amounts of alcohol within the first half hour after it's offered because the hormone estrogen influences binge drinking. For what is believed to be the ...

It is well known that, upon stimulation by estrogen, ER-alpha enters the cell nucleus where it mediates the transcription of genes. This classical mode of action as a nuclear receptor takes ...

Researchers discovered a mechanism by which estrogen can trigger fast neuronal ... This classical mode of action as a nuclear receptor takes minutes to hours. "Estrogen also can change the firing ...

The main strategy for the treatment of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancers is blocking the estrogen action on estrogen receptors by ... This review focuses on the mechanisms of the ...

"We're in the first phases of studying the mechanism of action of Sweet Annie's medicinal ... Endoxifen blocks the activity of the estrogen receptor, which some estrogen-dependent breast cancers ...

“The mechanisms underlying the observed effects ... Progesterone-induced modification of the progesterone receptor and estrogen receptor genomic binding pattern is also involved in orchestrating ...

Through the action of SGK1 and two other genes ... receptor-positive breast cancer. One of the main mechanisms of resistance to hormone therapy is the presence of mutations in the hormone ...

As stated, sex hormones act through both genomic and non-genomic mechanisms of action and result in the transduction of signals. Estrogen is found in the blood and interstitial fluid. As a result ...