Leveraging research into sex differences and steroid hormones to improve brain health.

Autor: Lee BH; Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.; Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Eid RS; Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada., Hodges TE; Department of Psychology and Education, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, USA., Barth C; Division for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway., Galea LAM; Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. liisa.galea@camh.ca.; Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. liisa.galea@camh.ca.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Nature reviews. Endocrinology [Nat Rev Endocrinol] 2024 Nov 25. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Nov 25.
DOI: 10.1038/s41574-024-01061-0
Abstrakt: Sex differences, driven in part by steroid hormones, shape the structure and function of the brain throughout the lifespan and manifest across brain health and disease. The influence of steroid hormones on neuroplasticity, particularly in the adult hippocampus, differs between the sexes, which has important implications for disorders and diseases that compromise hippocampus integrity, such as depression and Alzheimer disease. This Review outlines the intricate relationship between steroid hormones and hippocampal neuroplasticity across the adult lifespan and explores how the unique physiology of male and female individuals can affect health and disease. Despite calls to include sex and gender in research, only 5% of neuroscience studies published in 2019 directly investigated the influence of sex. Drawing on insights from depression, Alzheimer disease and relevant hippocampal plasticity, this Review underscores the importance of considering sex and steroid hormones to achieve a comprehensive understanding of disease susceptibility and mechanisms. Such consideration will enable the discovery of personalized treatments, ultimately leading to improved health outcomes for all.
Competing Interests: Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
(© 2024. Springer Nature Limited.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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