Hormones and brain plasticity
Luis Miguel Garcia-Segura.
- Oxford New York Oxford University Press 2009.
- xiv, 482 p., [8] p. of plates ill. (some col.) 25 cm.
- Oxford series in behavioral neuroendocrinology .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-443) and indexes.
Hormones and the mutable brain -- Brain plasticity regulates hormonal homeodynamics -- Hormonal influences on brain plasticity: I. Melatonin, thyroid hormones and corticosteroids -- Hormonal influences on brain plasticity: II. Sex hormones -- Hormonal influences on brain plasticity: III. Peptide hormones -- Life stages, hormones, and brain remodeling : early hormonal influences on brain mutability -- Life stages, hormones, and brain remodeling : the transition from childhood to adulthood -- Life stages, hormones, and brain remodeling : adult reproductive life -- Life stages, hormones, and brain remodeling : disease and neuroprotection -- Life stages, hormones, and brain remodeling : aging.