News tagged with female hormone

Sex-specific behaviors traced to hormone-controlled genes in the brain

Hormones shape our bodies, make us fertile, excite our most basic urges, and as scientists have known for years, they govern the behaviors that separate men from women. But how?

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Family composition determines success of great tit parents

Great tits who have as many sons as daughters acquire more grandchildren than great tits with an uneven family composition. That is because their children are reproductively more successful concludes NWO researcher Reinder ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Elaborate plumage due to testosterone?

(PhysOrg.com) -- In many bird species males have a more elaborate plumage than females. This elaborate plumage is often used to signal body condition, to intimidate rivals or to attract potential mates. In ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stress may lead to better bird parenting

Birds with high levels of stress hormones have the highest mating success and offer better parental care to their brood, according to new biology research at Queen's University.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Placental precursor stem cells require testosterone-free environment to survive

Trophoblast stem cells (TSCs), cells found in the layer of peripheral embryonic stem cells from which the placenta is formed, are thought to exhibit "immune privilege" that aids cell survivability and is potentially beneficial ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Vitamin A derivative provides clues to better breast cancer drugs

Retinoic acid, a derivative of vitamin A, could lead researchers to a new set of drug targets for treating breast cancer, researchers from the University of Chicago report in the June 25, 2009, issue of the ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers identify key proteins needed for ovulation

Researchers from the National Institutes of Health and other institutions have identified in mice two proteins essential for ovulation to take place.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Team reports hormone disorder drug could help drinkers stay sober

A drug prescribed for male and female infertility and menstrual disorders could hold the key to a more effective treatment for alcoholism, according to a study by researchers at the UCSF-affiliated Ernest Gallo Clinic and ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Neurobiologist proposes 'The end of sex as we once knew it'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Women are not from Venus any more than men are from Mars. But even though both sexes are perfectly terrestrial beings, they are not lacking in other differences. And not only in their reproductive organs ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (10) | comments 4