F Bernardi

TL;DR: Investigating the presence and the possible changes in serum allopregnanolone and progesterone levels in pregnant women during gestation, at delivery, and in patients with chronic hypertension, with or without superimposed preeclampsia suggested involvement of this neurosteroid in the adaptive processes induced by pregnancy.

TL;DR: It is hypothesized that patients with PMS may suffer from an inadequate production of ovarian neuroactive steroids, especially in the luteal phase, which would lead to an impaired anxiolytic GABA(A)-mediated response in stressful physiological and psychological conditions, and may in part explain various psychoneuroendocrine symptoms that arise during PMS.

TL;DR: The effects of a 6-month DHEA supplementation in early and late postmenopausal women, with normal or overweight body mass index, on the level of circulating steroids, sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), β-endorphin and gonadotropins, and on the adrenal gland response to dexamethasone suppression and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) stimulation are investigated.

TL;DR: Experimental and clinical studies focused the attention of researchers on interactions between oestrogens and progestins in the neuroendocrine control of the brain functions and its clinical implications.