Sex Differences in Steroid Levels and Steroidogenesis in the Nervous System: Physiopathological Role

    November 2019 in “ Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology ”
    Silvia Giatti, Silvia Diviccaro, Melania Maria Serafini … Roberto Cosimo Melcangi
    Studysummary This review discusses the sex differences in neuroactive steroid synthesis and their implications for nervous system functions and potential therapeutic approaches, but it provides no new experimental results.
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