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This review explores the potential role of pregnane neurosteroids in modulating alcohol withdrawal symptoms, suggesting a therapeutic target for treating alcohol dependence, but reports no new clinical results.

This study found that the vitamin D receptor in lampreys, which lack bones and hair, binds 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 and may function to induce enzymes for detoxifying substances.

This review discusses recent strategies targeting the neuroactive steroid biosynthetic pathway to enhance neurosteroidogenesis, highlighting their potential benefits for neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases, but reports no new clinical findings.

This study found that in animal models of Tourette syndrome, stress-induced tic-like behaviors and sensorimotor gating deficits were reduced by finasteride, suggesting a role for neurosteroids like allopregnanolone.

This study found that progesterone derivatives with chlorine or bromine substituents were effective in inhibiting 5α-reductase activity in human prostate and exhibited antiandrogenic effects in hamster flank organs.

A neurosteroid can reduce caffeine-induced anxiety in rats.

This study found that pregnane derivatives with higher lipophilicity, like compound 9d, had stronger androgen receptor binding and greater antiandrogenic effects in rats, correlating relative binding affinity with log P values.

This study found that finasteride increased fetal arousal activity in late gestation sheep by suppressing pregnane steroid synthesis, suggesting reduced GABAA receptor-mediated inhibition.

This study suggests that in late pregnancy, allopregnanolone induces opioid inhibition of oxytocin secretion in response to immune challenge, potentially minimizing the risk of preterm labor in rats.

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This study found that dutasteride treatment in pregnant mares significantly increased progesterone concentrations but did not alter gestational length or neonatal outcomes.

This study found that several synthesized pregnane derivatives exhibited significant inhibitory effects on testosterone conversion to dihydrotestosterone and reduced related androgenic parameters in multiple pharmacological models.

This study found that hair regrowth in Pomeranians with hair cycle arrest treated with melatonin was not associated with a change in oestrogen receptor-α staining.

This study found that activating liver X receptors with an agonist reduced skin fibrosis in experimental models, particularly in inflammation-driven conditions, by inhibiting macrophage infiltration and interleukin-6 release.

This study found that certain steroidal compounds, especially 10a–10c, demonstrated strong antiandrogenic activity by binding to the androgen receptor and reducing prostate weight in a hamster model.

The researchers reported that metabolism of progesterone to 3α,5α-THP in the hippocampus is important for its antiseizure effects in ovariectomized rats.

In this laboratory study, α-mangostin was found to significantly reduce melanin content and downregulate pigmentation-related genes in cultured skin and B16F10 cells, suggesting potential application as a natural whitening agent in sunscreen development.

This paper discusses the role of steroid sulfatase in hormone-dependent tumors and highlights the development of potent inhibitors, noting the commencement of a phase I trial for one inhibitor in postmenopausal breast cancer patients.

This study found enhanced remyelination in the corpus callosum of late pregnant rats compared to virgin and postpartum rats, suggesting a pregnancy-associated promyelinating effect mediated, in part, by the GABA A receptor system.

This study found that administering testosterone to pregnant rats altered connexin 26 and connexin 43 expression in the uterus, which could disrupt embryo implantation and cause early pregnancy loss.

This study investigated how vitamin A deficiency, certain diseases, and pregnancy affect cattle coat hair structure, finding notable keratin fibril interference under vitamin A deficiency and structural modifications in chronic renal failure, while pregnant cows exhibited superior hair tensile strength compared to non-pregnant ones.

In this study, researchers found that pigs with genetically disrupted ANTXR1 were resistant to Senecavirus A infection, showing no clinical symptoms, and provided a model for human GAPO syndrome, while confirming ANTXR1 as a receptor for the virus.

In this study, no association was found between the AR gene and type II androgenetic alopecia in Egyptian women, suggesting it is not a useful biomarker for predisposition.

This study found that maternal melatonin supplementation improved fur quality in Rex rabbit offspring by increasing hair follicle density and altering melatonin receptor gene expression in several organs.

This study suggests that neurosteroids and compounds acting on GABA(A) receptors, like THIP, may modulate ethanol intake by influencing drinking patterns.

This study demonstrated that stress inhibited hair growth in mice, likely through substance P-dependent activation of immune cells, highlighting a brain-hair follicle connection.

This study found that chronic exposure to and withdrawal of progesterone influenced the expression and function of GABA A receptors in rat hippocampal neurons through its metabolite 3α,5α‐THPROG.

This article discusses the medical management of male pattern hair loss and reports no new clinical findings.

This study found that changes in the brain concentrations of neuroactive steroids during pregnancy are linked to increased Y 1 receptor gene expression in the medial amygdala of transgenic mice.

This review focuses on the pharmacological properties, indications, contraindications, and safety profile of bicalutamide, a non-steroidal androgen receptor antagonist, in dermatological research, particularly its off-label use for improving female pattern hair loss as measured by Sinclair grading.