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Gonadal Steroid Hormones

Known as: Sex Steroid, Hormones, Sex, gonadal steroids 
A class of steroid hormones that specifically binds to and activates androgen, progesterone or estrogen receptors. Sex steroids activate various… 
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Anabolic steroidsAndrogensAndrogens, SyntheticEstradiol
GonadotropinsIn BloodLuteinizing HormoneNeurosteroids

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HormonesSteroid hormonereproductive hormone

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Review
2002
Review
2002
Sex steroids and bone.
The adult skeleton is periodically remodeled by temporary anatomic structures that comprise juxtaposed osteoclast and osteoblast… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Osteoporosis prevention, diagnosis, and therapy.
OBJECTIVE The objective of this NIH Consensus Statement is to inform the biomedical research and clinical practice communities of… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Dehydroepiandrosterone replacement in women with adrenal insufficiency.
BACKGROUND The physiologic role of dehydroepiandrosterone in humans is still unclear. Adrenal insufficiency leads to a deficiency… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
A sex difference in the human brain and its relation to transsexuality
TRANSSEXUALS have the strong feeling, often from childhood onwards, of having been born the wrong sex. The possible psycho-genie… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Effects of replacement dose of dehydroepiandrosterone in men and women of advancing age.
Aging in humans is accompanied by a progressive decline in the secretion of the adrenal androgens dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Estrogen Improves Endothelium-Dependent, Flow-Mediated Vasodilation in Postmenopausal Women
Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death among women in the United States, accounting for 23% of all deaths [1, 2… 
Review
1988
Review
1988
Inhibins, activins, and follistatins: gonadal proteins modulating the secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone.
The endocrine system displays highly complex interactions among its components. Excesses or deficiencies of hormone production in… 
Review
1981
Review
1981
Neural gonadal steroid actions.
Neurons sensitive to gonadal steroids are located strategically within neural circuits that mediate behaviors broadly related to… 
Review
1979
Review
1979
Gonadal hormones and sex differences in nonreproductive behaviors in rodents: Organizational and activational influences
Review
1972
Review
1972
Mechanism of action of the female sex hormones.
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