Ying and Yang: The menstrual cycle influences breast cancer and its response to treatment. Laura Bornes, Netherlands Cancer Institute The researchers hypothesized that this cyclic growth pattern could ...

Researchers investigated the neural mechanisms underlying the behavioral transition from the sexually receptive estrus stage to the non-receptive phase, as part of the hormone-dependent behavioral ...

Researchers have found that the brain networks that mediate stress relief after eating highly palatable foods may vary between males and females, and may also depend on the stage of the estrous ...

However, in the female rats the reduced stress response only occurred if the rats were in the proestrus/estrus stage of their estrous cycle, when levels of estrogen are high.