ea0007s34 | Joint BES and EFES symposium: Neuroactive steroids: implications for disease and healthy ageing | BES2004
Gillies G
, Murray H
, Dexter D
, McArthur S
Epidemiological and clinical studies provide evidence for sex differences in the incidence or severity of certain neurological conditions. For example Parkinson's disease, which is characterised by a progressive degeneration of dopaminergic (DA) neurones in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) and a reduction in DA levels in the striatum, is more prevalent in men than women. Therefore, our work aimed to establish whether physiological levels of sex steroid hormones confer ...