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Estrogen — Mystery Drug for the Brain?

The Neuroprotective Activities of the Female Sex Hormone

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  • © 2001

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Authors:
  1. Christian Behl

    1. Max Planck Institut für Psychiatrie, MPG-Nachwuchsgruppe, Munich, Germany

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  • Basic introduction as well as reference book

  • Comprehensive up-to-date information

  • From bench to bed": from molecular structure to clinical application

  • Estrogen's role in Alzheimer's disease, menopause, and age-related disorders

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. Introduction

    • Christian Behl
    Pages 1-15

  3. Estrogen is a steroid

    • Christian Behl
    Pages 16-24

  4. Estrogen acts via receptors

    • Christian Behl
    Pages 25-51

  5. “Non-classical” activities of estrogen

    • Christian Behl
    Pages 52-61

  6. General Physiological Activities of Estrogen

    • Christian Behl
    Pages 62-66

  7. Estrogen’s actions in the brain

    • Christian Behl
    Pages 67-94

  8. Protection of the brain by estrogen

    • Christian Behl
    Pages 95-141

  9. Nerve Cell Protection by Estrogen: Molecular Mechanisms

    • Christian Behl
    Pages 142-181

  10. Outlook

    • Christian Behl
    Pages 182-191

  11. References

    • Christian Behl
    Pages 192-224

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 225-231
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About this book

It is well known that estrogen is "somehow” a protective hormone for various age-related disorders. This book provides a solid knowledge of estrogen’s neuroprotective activities in the brain with a special emphasis on neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s Disease. The focus is (1) to describe the biochemical, molecular, and cellular basis of the protective activity of estrogen and (2) to transfer this knowledge into the hospitals by discussing preventive and therapeutic approaches such as estrogen replacement therapy for post-menopausal women. Besides up-to-date information on estrogen and the brain, this book explains in a highly understandable manner molecular and cellular techniques by which basic data have been collected. The reader, which may include the professional specialist as well as the interested non-specialist, will also gain insight into the scientific transfer process of knowledge from basic science to the clinical situation and therefore "from bench to bed”.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Max Planck Institut für Psychiatrie, MPG-Nachwuchsgruppe, Munich, Germany

    Christian Behl

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Estrogen — Mystery Drug for the Brain?

  • Book Subtitle: The Neuroprotective Activities of the Female Sex Hormone

  • Authors: Christian Behl

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6189-0

  • Publisher: Springer Vienna

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag/Wien 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-211-83539-5Published: 22 June 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7091-7254-4Published: 12 September 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-7091-6189-0Published: 28 June 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 231

  • Topics: Gynecology, Neurology, Pathology, Molecular Medicine, Biochemistry, general, Neurosciences

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