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Mov Disord 1986;1(1):85-7 Menstrual-related fluctuations in Parkinson's disease. Quinn NP, Marsden CD University Department of Neurology, King's College Hospital Medical School, London, United Kingdom. Eleven of 12 premenopausal women with idiopathic Parkinson's disease recognised an increased severity of their symptoms for a few days before and during menstruation. PMID: 3504235, UI: 89056943 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Psychopharmacol Bull 1998;34(3):251-9 Clinically relevant basic science studies of gender differences and sex hormone effects. McEwen BS, Alves SE, Bulloch K, Weiland NG Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021, USA. Ovarian steroids produce a variety of effects on the brain, influencing diverse nonreproductive processes such as cognitive function, motor activity, seizure susceptibility, and pain sensitivity, as well as pathological processes such as Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. Studies of ovarian hormone effects on animal brains have revealed a wide array of neurochemical and structural effects of ovarian steroids, which are reviewed in this article. These studies provide a foundation for understanding hormone effects on mood, behavior, and cognition in the menstrual cycle, during reproductive transitions and in depressive illness. PMID: 9803750, UI: 99020591 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----