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Neuronal and Cognitive Effects of Oestrogens

Jamie A Goode editor Derek J Chadwick editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc

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Although normally thought of as a sex hormone, recent research has highlighted the numerous and significant effects that oestrogen has on the CNS, extending far beyond its important reproductive role. It has been shown that oestrogen acts as a neural growth factor with important influences on the survival, plasticity, regeneration and ageing of the mammalian brain.

This exciting book brings together leading clinicians and researchers to discuss oestrogen's basic mechanisms of action, the extrahypothalmic brain regions it affects, and its influence on cognitive functions in animals and humans. Finally, recent research on the role of oestrogens in ageing and dementia, including the significance of oestrogen action in Alzheimer's disease, is discussed. The 15 papers contained in this book, together with the extensive discussion sessions that follow them, reveal much new and exciting work in this area, and identify promising new research directions.

"The text is an excellent summary of what is new on estrogens in the brain and will be of interest to neuroscience departments...." (Journal of the Neurological Sciences, March 2001

ISBN: 9780471492030

Dimensions: 237mm x 158mm x 19mm

Weight: 595g

292 pages