Sex differences in hippocampal function

Sex and cognition: gender and cognitive functions

(2016) Janet S Hyde   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Hormone-dependent adolescent organization of socio-sexual behaviors in mammals

(2016) Cheryl L Sisk   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Gonadal Hormones Rapidly Enhance Spatial Memory and Increase Hippocampal Spine Density in Male Rats

(2016) Luis F. Jacome et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Studying both sexes: a guiding principle for biomedicine

(2016) Janine Austin Clayton   FASEB JOURNAL

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of sexual differentiation in the mammalian nervous system

(2016) Nancy G. Forger et al.   FRONTIERS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Sex hormones and adult hippocampal neurogenesis: Regulation, implications, and potential mechanisms

(2016) Rand Mahmoud et al.   FRONTIERS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Inhibition of local estrogen synthesis in the hippocampus impairs hippocampal memory consolidation in ovariectomized female mice

(2016) Jennifer J. Tuscher et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

17β-Estradiol Acutely Potentiates Glutamatergic Synaptic Transmission in the Hippocampus through Distinct Mechanisms in Males and Females

(2016) Joseph G. Oberlander et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Estradiol-Mediated Spine Changes in the Dorsal Hippocampus and Medial Prefrontal Cortex of Ovariectomized Female Mice Depend on ERK and mTOR Activation in the Dorsal Hippocampus

(2016) Jennifer J. Tuscher et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

17 -Estradiol and Agonism of G-protein-Coupled Estrogen Receptor Enhance Hippocampal Memory via Different Cell-Signaling Mechanisms

(2016) J. Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Estradiol: Mediator of memories, spine density and cognitive resilience to stress in female rodents

(2016) Victoria Luine   JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Multifaceted origins of sex differences in the brain

(2016) Margaret M. McCarthy   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A trip down memory lane about sex differences in the brain

(2016) Tracey J. Shors   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Recognition memory tasks in neuroendocrine research

(2015) Victoria Luine   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Prenatal stress induces spatial memory deficits and epigenetic changes in the hippocampus indicative of heterochromatin formation and reduced gene expression

(2015) Jamie D. Benoit et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Regulation of object recognition and object placement by ovarian sex steroid hormones

(2015) Jennifer J. Tuscher et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Assessing rodent hippocampal involvement in the novel object recognition task. A review

(2015) Sarah J. Cohen et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Sex differences in spatial navigation and perception in human adolescents and emerging adults

(2015) Jennifer T. Sneider et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

Estrogen receptor KO mice study on rapid modulation of spines and long-term depression in the hippocampus

(2015) Gen Murakami et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

Estradiol rapidly modulates synaptic plasticity of hippocampal neurons: Involvement of kinase networks

(2015) Yoshitaka Hasegawa et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

Rapid increase of spines by dihydrotestosterone and testosterone in hippocampal neurons: Dependence on synaptic androgen receptor and kinase networks

(2015) Yusuke Hatanaka et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

Gonadectomy before puberty increases the number of neurons and glia in the medial prefrontal cortex of female, but not male, rats

(2015) Wendy A. Koss et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOBIOLOGY

Are All Spatial Reference Frames Egocentric? Reinterpreting Evidence for Allocentric, Object-Centered, or World-Centered Reference Frames

(2015) Flavia Filimon   Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Contribution of estrogen receptor subtypes, ERα, ERβ, and GPER1 in rapid estradiol-mediated enhancement of hippocampal synaptic transmission in mice

(2015) Ashok Kumar et al.   HIPPOCAMPUS

Structure–function–behavior relationship in estrogen-induced synaptic plasticity

(2015) R. Vierk et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Long-term consequences of estrogens administered in midlife on female cognitive aging

(2015) Jill M. Daniel et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Bisphenol-A exposure during adolescence leads to enduring alterations in cognition and dendritic spine density in adult male and female rats

(2015) Rachel E. Bowman et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Surprising origins of sex differences in the brain

(2015) Margaret M. McCarthy et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Molecular mechanisms underlying the memory-enhancing effects of estradiol

(2015) Karyn M. Frick   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Estrogen involvement in social behavior in rodents: Rapid and long-term actions

(2015) Kelsy S.J. Ervin et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Hippocampal learning, memory, and neurogenesis: Effects of sex and estrogens across the lifespan in adults

(2015) Paula Duarte-Guterman et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Estrogens and cognition: Friends or foes?

(2015) Donna L. Korol et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

The evolving role of dendritic spines and memory: Interaction(s) with estradiol

(2015) Maya Frankfurt et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

G-Protein-Coupled Estrogen Receptor 1 Is Anatomically Positioned to Modulate Synaptic Plasticity in the Mouse Hippocampus

(2015) E. M. Waters et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Brain feminization requires active repression of masculinization via DNA methylation

(2015) Bridget M Nugent et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Sex differences in fear extinction and involvements of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)

(2015) Shingo Matsuda et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY

The timing of neuronal loss across adolescence in the medial prefrontal cortex of male and female rats

(2015) J. Willing et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Rapid effects of the G-protein coupled oestrogen receptor (GPER) on learning and dorsal hippocampus dendritic spines in female mice

(2015) Christopher Gabor et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Sex beyond the genitalia: The human brain mosaic

(2015) Daphna Joel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The effect of estrogen synthesis inhibition on hippocampal memory

(2015) Janine Bayer et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Sex differences in the brain: a whole body perspective

(2015) Geert J. de Vries et al.   Biology of Sex Differences

Activity-based anorexia during adolescence disrupts normal development of the CA1 pyramidal cells in the ventral hippocampus of female rats

(2014) Tara G. Chowdhury et al.   HIPPOCAMPUS

The mTOR and canonical Wnt signaling pathways mediate the mnemonic effects of progesterone in the dorsal hippocampus

(2014) Ashley M. Fortress et al.   HIPPOCAMPUS

Estradiol and cognitive function: Past, present and future

(2014) Victoria N. Luine   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

The role of testosterone and estradiol in brain volume changes across adolescence: A longitudinal structural MRI study

(2014) Megan M. Herting et al.   HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children is found to be related to the occurrence of ADHD in siblings and the male gender, but not to birth order, when compared to healthy controls

(2014) Zahra Keshavarzi et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY IN CLINICAL PRACTICE

Effects of Chronic Oestradiol, Progesterone and Medroxyprogesterone Acetate on Hippocampal Neurogenesis and Adrenal Mass in Adult Female Rats

(2014) M. Chan et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Inhibition of estradiol synthesis impairs fear extinction in male rats

(2014) B. M. Graham et al.   LEARNING & MEMORY

Hippocampal estradiol synthesis and its significance for hippocampal synaptic stability in male and female animals

(2014) R. Vierk et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Quantitative Analysis of Long-Form Aromatase mRNA in the Male and Female Rat Brain

(2014) Nino Tabatadze et al.   PLoS One

Sex differences in memory for landmark arrays in C57BL/J6 mice

(2013) Tania J. Bettis et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

The Rodent Hippocampus Is Essential for Nonspatial Object Memory

(2013) Sarah J. Cohen et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Inhibition of Hippocampal Aromatization Impairs Spatial Memory Performance in a Male Songbird

(2013) David J. Bailey et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Androgens Increase Survival of Adult-Born Neurons in the Dentate Gyrus by an Androgen Receptor-Dependent Mechanism in Male Rats

(2013) D. K. Hamson et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

The sex-specific associations of the aromatase gene with Alzheimer’s disease and its interaction with IL10 in the Epistasis Project

(2013) Christopher Medway et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

The Memory-Enhancing Effects of Hippocampal Estrogen Receptor Activation Involve Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Signaling

(2013) M. I. Boulware et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Global burden of disease attributable to mental and substance use disorders: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

(2013) Harvey A Whiteford et al.   LANCET

Estradiol-induced object recognition memory consolidation is dependent on activation of mTOR signaling in the dorsal hippocampus

(2013) A. M. Fortress et al.   LEARNING & MEMORY

The influence of puberty on subcortical brain development

(2013) Anne-Lise Goddings et al.   NEUROIMAGE

Contributions of sex, testosterone, and androgen receptor CAG repeat number to virtual Morris water maze performance

(2013) Nicole T. Nowak et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Dendritic remodeling in the adolescent medial prefrontal cortex and the basolateral amygdala of male and female rats

(2013) Wendy A. Koss et al.   SYNAPSE

Hippocampal neurogenesis and forgetting

(2013) Paul W. Frankland et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

Female hippocampal estrogens have a significant correlation with cyclic fluctuation of hippocampal spines

(2013) Asami Kato et al.   Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Hippocampus-dependent learning influences hippocampal neurogenesis

(2013) Jonathan R. Epp et al.   Frontiers in Neuroscience

Sex differences in object-in-place memory of adult rats.

(2012) Katherine Tombeau Cost et al.   BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

Sex differences in object recognition are modulated by object similarity

(2012) Tania Bettis et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Object recognition testing: Rodent species, strains, housing conditions, and estrous cycle

(2012) Nick P. van Goethem et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Pubertal testosterone organizes regional volume and neuronal number within the medial amygdala of adult male Syrian hamsters

(2012) Kayla C. De Lorme et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

Estrogen-Induced Memory Enhancements Are Blocked by Acute Bisphenol A in Adult Female Rats: Role of Dendritic Spines

(2012) T. Inagaki et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Biological sex influences learning strategy preference and muscarinic receptor binding in specific brain regions of prepubertal rats

(2012) Elin M. Grissom et al.   HIPPOCAMPUS

Estrogen and the male hippocampus: Genetic variation in the aromatase gene predicting serum estrogen is associated with hippocampal gray matter volume in men

(2012) Janine Bayer et al.   HIPPOCAMPUS

The progesterone-induced enhancement of object recognition memory consolidation involves activation of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathways in the dorsal hippocampus

(2012) Patrick T. Orr et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

17β-Estradiol, but not estrone, increases the survival and activation of new neurons in the hippocampus in response to spatial memory in adult female rats

(2012) Robyn E.S. McClure et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Hippocampal Histone Acetylation Regulates Object Recognition and the Estradiol-Induced Enhancement of Object Recognition

(2012) Z. Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Aromatase Inhibition Abolishes LTP Generation in Female But Not in Male Mice

(2012) R. Vierk et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Age group and sex differences in performance on a computerized neurocognitive battery in children age 8−21.

(2012) Ruben C. Gur et al.   NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

Low Doses of 17β-Estradiol Rapidly Improve Learning and Increase Hippocampal Dendritic Spines

(2012) Anna Phan et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Age at menarche in Canada: results from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children & Youth

(2011) Ban Al-Sahab et al.   BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Delayed alternation in adolescent and adult male and female rats

(2011) Wendy A. Koss et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOBIOLOGY

Rapid Effects of Estrogen Receptor α and β Selective Agonists on Learning and Dendritic Spines in Female Mice

(2011) Anna Phan et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Role of estrogen receptor alpha and beta expression and signaling on cognitive function during aging

(2011) Thomas C. Foster   HIPPOCAMPUS

Modulation of synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus by hippocampus-derived estrogen and androgen

(2011) Yuuki Ooishi et al.   JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Estrogen-regulated synaptogenesis in the hippocampus: Sexual dimorphism in vivo but not in vitro

(2011) Lars Fester et al.   JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Reframing sexual differentiation of the brain

(2011) Margaret M McCarthy et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

A pathophysiological framework of hippocampal dysfunction in ageing and disease

(2011) Scott A. Small et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Eye tracking, strategies, and sex differences in virtual navigation

(2011) Nicolas E. Andersen et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY

Estradiol synthesis within the human brain

(2011) I. Azcoitia et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Puberty Influences Medial Temporal Lobe and Cortical Gray Matter Maturation Differently in Boys Than Girls Matched for Sexual Maturity

(2010) J. E. Bramen et al.   CEREBRAL CORTEX

Aromatase Inhibitors Induce Spine Synapse Loss in the Hippocampus of Ovariectomized Mice

(2010) Lepu Zhou et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Estradiol-Induced Object Memory Consolidation in Middle-Aged Female Mice Requires Dorsal Hippocampal Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase and Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Activation

(2010) L. Fan et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Estradiol Acutely Potentiates Hippocampal Excitatory Synaptic Transmission through a Presynaptic Mechanism

(2010) T. Smejkalova et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Prenatal cocaine exposure increases anxiety, impairs cognitive function and increases dendritic spine density in adult rats: influence of sex

(2010) K.Y. Salas-Ramirez et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Estrogen Actions in the Brain and the Basis for Differential Action in Men and Women: A Case for Sex-Specific Medicines

(2010) G. E. Gillies et al.   PHARMACOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Epigenetic alterations regulate estradiol-induced enhancement of memory consolidation

(2010) Z. Zhao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Brain estrogens rapidly strengthen auditory encoding and guide song preference in a songbird

(2010) Luke Remage-Healey et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sex differences in human virtual water maze performance: Novel measures reveal the relative contribution of directional responding and spatial knowledge

(2009) Daniel G. Woolley et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Sex-specific strategies in spatial orientation in C57BL/6J mice

(2009) Tania J. Bettis et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

Effects of steroid hormones on neurogenesis in the hippocampus of the adult female rodent during the estrous cycle, pregnancy, lactation and aging

(2009) Jodi L. Pawluski et al.   FRONTIERS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Back to the future: The organizational–activational hypothesis adapted to puberty and adolescence

(2009) Kalynn M. Schulz et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Evidence for a shift from place navigation to directional responding in one variant of the Morris water task.

(2009) Derek A. Hamilton et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-ANIMAL LEARNING AND COGNITION

Cytoskeletal Changes Underlie Estrogen's Acute Effects on Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity

(2009) E. A. Kramar et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Sex differences in contextual fear conditioning are associated with differential ventral hippocampal extracellular signal-regulated kinase activation

(2009) J.E. Gresack et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Sex-dependent changes in anxiety, memory, and monoamines following one week of stress

(2009) R.E. Bowman et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Estradiol and the relationship between dendritic spines, NR2B containing NMDA receptors, and the magnitude of long-term potentiation at hippocampal CA3–CA1 synapses

(2009) Caroline C. Smith et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

17β-estradiol modifies stress-induced and age-related changes in hippocampal synaptic plasticity.

(2008) Michael R. Foy et al.   BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

Estradiol-induced enhancement of object memory consolidation involves NMDA receptors and protein kinase A in the dorsal hippocampus of female C57BL/6 mice.

(2008) Michael C. Lewis et al.   BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

The food-conditioned place preference task in adolescent, adult and aged rats of both sexes

(2008) Marisa J. Rubinow et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Effects of gonadectomy and hormone replacement on a spontaneous novel object recognition task in adult male rats

(2008) T. Aubele et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Different Forms of Oestrogen Rapidly Upregulate Cell Proliferation in the Dentate Gyrus of Adult Female Rats

(2008) C. K. Barha et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Estradiol-Induced Enhancement of Object Memory Consolidation Involves Hippocampal Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase Activation and Membrane-Bound Estrogen Receptors

(2008) S. M. Fernandez et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Sex differences in stroke: epidemiology, clinical presentation, medical care, and outcomes

(2008) Mathew J Reeves et al.   LANCET NEUROLOGY

Forebrain steroid levels fluctuate rapidly during social interactions

(2008) Luke Remage-Healey et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Repeated estradiol administration alters different aspects of neurogenesis and cell death in the hippocampus of female, but not male, rats

(2008) J.M. Barker et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

How the brain remembers and forgets where things are: The neurocognition of object–location memory

(2008) A POSTMA et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Plasticity of defensive behavior and fear in early development

(2008) Christoph P. Wiedenmayer   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Rapid enhancement of two-step wiring plasticity by estrogen and NMDA receptor activity

(2008) D. P. Srivastava et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A developmental fMRI study of nonsymbolic numerical and spatial processing

(2007) L KAUFMANN et al.   CORTEX

Postpubertal decrease in hippocampal dendritic spines of female rats

(2007) Murat Yildirim et al.   EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY