title: Neurology of sex steroids and oral contraceptives.
abstract: Under normal circumstances, sex steroids interact with diverse neural substrates to modulate a host of activities essential to the preservation of the individual and the species. In addition, sex hormones play an important role in various human neurologic conditions including strokes, migraine, certain movement disorders and peripheral neuropathies, and possibly even the behavior of CNS neoplasms.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000503:physiopathology; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced; D003278:Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008597:Menstrual Cycle / Q000187:drug effects; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*
chemical_list: D003278:Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones