Songbird brain synapses and glial cells capable of synthesizing estrogen
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 - 16:31
in Health & Medicine
Colin Saldanha, a biology professor at American University in Washington, D.C., has always been intrigued by the hormone estrogen. Specifically, how the hormone that does so much (for example, it promotes sexual behavior in women but can also increase susceptibility to seizures) does not cause major cross circuit meltdowns.