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Menopause und Altern, Lebensqualität und Sexualität
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Effect of acute corticotropin releasing factor on pituitary-adrenocortical responsiveness in elderly women and men
Aging is related to critical changes of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal function. A decline in serum DHEA levels has been demonstrated in healthy elderly subjects, while ACTH and Cortisol concentrations rema...
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Effects of hormonal replacement therapy on plasma sex hormone-binding globulin, androgen and insulin-like growth factor-1 levels in postmenopausal women
Plasma sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) levels are important in the regulation of plasma free and albumin-bound androgens and estrogens. In postmenopausal women associated to the decrease of estrogen produc...
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Allopregnanolone concentration in hippocampus of prepubertal rats and female rats throughout estrous cycle
Hippocampus plays an important role in cognition, neuroendocrine function and sexual behaviour. Changes of hippocampal neuropeptide and neurotransmitter concentrations are associated to behavioural changes occ...
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Puerperal breast feeding does not stimulate circulating opioids in humans
ACTH, βlipotropin (βLPH), βendorphin (βEP), Prolactin (PRL) and Cortisol were measured in the first five days of Puerperium at 9:00, before and 30 minutes after suckling, in 7 healthy lactating women. With the ex...
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Betalipotropin and betaendorphin in physiological and surgical menopause
β-lipotropin (β-LPH) and β-endorphin (β-EP) plasma levels were characterized by a significant decrease in postmenopausal females (22 subjects aged from 56 to 70 yr) when compared to ferti...
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Effect of short dexamethasone suppression on plasma steroids in prepubertal and pubertal girls
In 40 girls aged from 2 to 14 years, subdivided into groups according to age and pubertal development, and in 6 adult female volunteers, plasma Cortisol (F), pregnenolone (δ5), de-hydroepiandrosterone (DHA), prog...
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Adrenal and gonadal steroids and pituitary response to LHRH in girls. I. Delayed puberty
Plasma levels of luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), dehydroepiandrosterone (DHA), dehydroepiandrosterone-sulphate (DHA-S), 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17P), androstenedione (A), testoste...