The microorganisms of the vaginal tract are critical for vaginal and reproductive health.
However, the regulation of these microorganisms is not well understood. Therefore, we …

Estrogens protect against diet-induced obesity in women and female rodents. For example,
a lack of estrogens in postmenopausal women is associated with an increased risk of weight …

A decrease in ovarian estrogens in postmenopausal women increases the risk of weight gain,
cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and chronic inflammation. While it is known that …

Decreased estrogens during menopause are associated with increased risk of anxiety,
depression, type 2 diabetes and obesity. Similarly, depleting estrogens in rodents by ovariectomy…

Leptin and oestradiol have overlapping functions in energy homeostasis and fertility, and
receptors for these hormones are localised in the same hypothalamic regions. Although, …

Estrogens protect against weight gain and metabolic disruption in women and female
rodents. Aberrations in the gut microbiota composition are linked to obesity and metabolic …

Estradiol‐induced structural dimorphisms exist in the songbird brain. However, how they
arise is not clear since there is a scarce distribution of ERα and lack of ERβ in song control …

Estrogens and leptins act in the hypothalamus to maintain reproduction and energy
homeostasis. Neurogenesis in the adult mammalian hypothalamus has been implicated in the …

Steroid hormones act in specific regions of the brain to alter behaviour and physiology.
Although it has been well established that the bioavailability of the steroid and the expression of …

Progestins bind to the progestin receptor (PR) isoforms, PR-A and PR-B, in brain to influence
development, female reproduction, anxiety, and stress. Hormone-activated PRs associate …