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ReviewVitamins and hormones2021

Luteinizing hormone and the aging brain.

Megan Mey, Sabina Bhatta, Gemma Casadesus

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Review in Vitamins and hormones, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
18.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Gendering the Menstrual Cycle in Behavioral Neuroendocrinology.American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Megan MeyDepartment of Biomedical Science, Kent State University, Cunningham Hall, Kent, OH, United States.
Sabina BhattaDepartment of Biomedical Science, Kent State University, Cunningham Hall, Kent, OH, United States.
Gemma CasadesusDepartment of Biological Science, School of Arts and Sciences, Kent State University, Cunningham Hall, Kent, OH, United States. Electronic address: gcasades@kent.edu.
Kent State University · US

Funding

Mechanisms of Gonadotropin Action on Cognition and Neuronal Remodeling in Aging and Alzheimer's DiseaseRF1AG054654 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI CASADESUS, GEMMA · 2017 to 2017
$1.9M
NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG054654
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fluctuations in luteinizing hormone (LH) release contribute to the development and maintenance of the reproductive system and become dysregulated during aging. Of note, increasing evidence supports extra-gonadal roles for LH within the CNS, particularly as it relates to cognition and plasticity in aging and age-related degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, despite increasing evidence that supports a link between this hormone and CNS function, the mechanisms underlying LH action within the brain and how they influence cognition and plasticity during the lifespan is poorly understood and, in fact, often in conflict. This chapter aims to provide an up-to-date review of the literature addressing the role of LH signaling in the context of CNS aging and disease and put forward a unifying hypothesis that may explain currently conflicting theories regarding the role of LHCGR signaling in CNS function and dysfunction in aging and disease.

Indexed as

AgingBrainLuteinizing HormoneNeuronal PlasticityReceptors, LHCognitionHumansSignal TransductionLHCGR protein, humanLuteinizing HormoneReceptors, LHAgingAlzheimer's diseaseHPG axisHuman chorionic gonadotropinLearning and memoryLuteinizing hormoneMenopauseSynaptic plasticity

Identifiers

PMID33706966
PMCPMC9853463
OpenAlexW3135567993

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