Epilepsy and Sex Hormones

There is a mutual interaction between sex steroid hormones and epilepsy. Although female and male sex hormones and their metabolites access the brain via the blood brain barrier, they can also be synthesized de novo from cholesterol within the glia and neurones (neurosteroids). While estrogens enhan...

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Published in:	Archives of Epilepsy
Main Authors:	Emine GENÇ, Bülent Oğuz GENÇ
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Turkish Epilepsy Society 2018-01-01
Subjects:	epilepsy neurosteroids estrogen progesterone sex hormones testosterone
Online Access:	http://archepilepsy.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/epilepsy-and-sex-hormones/54920

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