Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Egr1 has been widely recognized as essential for some aspects of learning and memory while Egr 4 has been shown to be involved in receptor – modulated memory processes. Furthermore, it has been shown that testosterone enhances memory by increasing biological salience of incoming information. In cryptorchid boys, an elevated odd ratio for low IQ was found. i) It is postulated that the hypothalamus–pituitary–testicular axis is implicated in maintaining...