The impact of estrous cycle on anxiety-like behaviour during unlearned fear tests in female rats and mice: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
164, P. 105789 - 105789
Published: July 14, 2024
Anxiety
fluctuates
across
the
human
menstrual
cycle,
with
symptoms
worsening
during
phases
of
declining
or
low
ovarian
hormones.
Similar
findings
have
been
observed
rodent
estrous
however,
magnitude
and
robustness
these
effects
not
meta-analytically
quantified.
We
conducted
a
systematic
review
meta-analysis
cycle
on
anxiety-like
behaviour
(124
articles;
k
=
259
effect
sizes).
In
both
rats
mice,
was
higher
metestrus/diestrus
(lower
hormones)
than
proestrus
(higher
(g
0.44
in
rats,
g
0.43
mice).
There
large
heterogeneity
data,
which
partially
accounted
for
by
strain,
experimental
task,
reproductive
status.
Nonetheless,
highly
robust,
fail-safe
N
test
revealing
would
remain
significant
even
if
21,388
additional
studies
yielded
null
results.
These
results
suggest
that
should
be
anxiety
females.
Doing
so
will
facilitate
knowledge
about
menstrual-cycle
regulation
disorders
humans.
Language: Английский
Dietary phytoestrogens recalibrate socioemotional behavior in C57Bl/6J mice in a sex- and timing-dependent manner
Hormones and Behavior,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
168, P. 105678 - 105678
Published: Jan. 17, 2025
Language: Английский
Rapid nongenomic estrogen signaling controls alcohol drinking behavior in mice
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: Dec. 30, 2024
Abstract
Ovarian-derived
estrogen
can
signal
non-canonically
at
membrane-associated
receptors
in
the
brain
to
rapidly
regulate
neuronal
function.
Early
alcohol
drinking
confers
greater
risk
for
use
disorder
women
than
men,
and
binge
is
correlated
with
high
levels,
but
a
causal
role
driving
has
not
been
established.
We
found
that
female
mice
displayed
reduced
avoidance
when
was
during
estrous
cycle
it
low.
The
pro-drinking,
anxiolytic,
effect
of
endogenous
occurred
via
rapid
signaling
receptor
alpha
bed
nucleus
stria
terminalis,
which
promoted
synaptic
excitation
corticotropin-releasing
factor
neurons
facilitated
their
activity
drinking.
Thus,
this
study
demonstrates
rapid,
nongenomic
mechanism
ovarian-derived
controlling
behavior
gonadally
intact
females.
Language: Английский
Sex-based differences in the prevention of stress-induced anxiety by Resolvin D5 and its precursor docosahexaenoic acid: A comparative study
Brain Research,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 149612 - 149612
Published: March 1, 2025
Language: Английский
Effects of repetition and estrous cycle on behavioral tests in female ICR mice
Neuroscience Letters,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 138253 - 138253
Published: May 1, 2025
Language: Английский
Rapid nongenomic estrogen signaling controls alcohol drinking behavior
Lia J. Zallar,
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Jean K. Rivera-Irizarry,
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Peter U. Hámor
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et al.
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Nov. 5, 2023
Abstract
Ovarian-derived
estrogen
is
a
key
modulator
of
numerous
physiological
processes
via
genomic
and
nongenomic
mechanisms,
including
signaling
non-canonically
at
membrane-associated
receptors
in
the
brain
to
rapidly
regulate
neuronal
function.
However,
mechanisms
mediating
regulation
behaviors
such
as
alcohol
consumption
remain
unclear.
Early
drinking
confers
greater
risk
for
use
disorder
women
than
men,
binge
correlated
with
high
circulating
levels,
but
causal
role
driving
gonadally-intact
animals
has
not
been
established.
We
found
that
female
mice
displayed
reduced
avoidance
behavior
when
was
during
proestrus
phase
estrous
cycle
it
low,
contributing
sex
differences
these
behaviors.
The
pro-drinking,
anxiolytic,
effect
endogenous
state
occurred
rapid
receptor
alpha
bed
nucleus
stria
terminalis,
which
promoted
synaptic
excitation
corticotropin-releasing
factor
neurons
facilitated
their
activity
behavior.
This
study
first
demonstrate
rapid,
mechanism
ovarian-derived
controlling
gonadally
intact
females,
establishes
an
hormonal
context
contributes
known
this
Language: Английский