ArticleNature communications2023
Estrogen receptor beta in astrocytes modulates cognitive function in mid-age female mice.
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- Estrogen Replacement Therapy in Ovariectomized Rats: Complementary Roles of ER and GPR30 in Alleviating Depressive-like Behavior.Current issues in molecular biology · 2026Article
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- Sex-specific retina-brain signatures link ERα/ERβ imbalance with gliosis in Alzheimer's disease.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
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- Association of mild cognitive impairment and obesity-metabolic status in middle-aged and elderly adults: a nationwide prospective cohort study.Journal of neurology · 2026Review
- Sex and gender-related differences in neurological diseases: current challenges and recommendations for clinical practice.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026Review
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- Loss of ovarian hormones is detrimental in early disease stages of mouse models of Alzheimer's disease and multi-etiology dementia.Biology of sex differences · 2025Article
- Methylene blue reduces postoperative delirium in mice through neuroinflammation suppression and blood-brain barrier repair.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- High glucose induces hippocampal neuron impairment through the SKP1/COX7C pathway: A potential mechanism for perimenopausal depression.Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B · 2025Article
- Estradiol Mediates Astrocyte-Neuron Communication in the Hippocampus.Molecular neurobiology · 2025Article
- Impact of air pollution and behavioral factors on cognitive decline among middle-aged and elderly populations in China: a retrospective cohort study based on CHARLS.BMC public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
Menopause is associated with cognitive deficits and brain atrophy, but the brain region and cell-specific mechanisms are not fully understood. Here, we identify a sex hormone by age interaction whereby loss of ovarian hormones in female mice at midlife, but not young age, induced hippocampal-dependent cognitive impairment, dorsal hippocampal atrophy, and astrocyte and microglia activation with synaptic loss. Selective deletion of estrogen receptor beta (ERβ) in astrocytes, but not neurons, in gonadally intact female mice induced the same brain effects. RNA sequencing and pathway analyses of gene expression in hippocampal astrocytes from midlife female astrocyte-ERβ conditional knock out (cKO) mice revealed Gluconeogenesis I and Glycolysis I as the most differentially expressed pathways. Enolase 1 gene expression was increased in hippocampi from both astrocyte-ERβ cKO female mice at midlife and from postmenopausal women. Gain of function studies showed that ERβ ligand treatment of midlife female mice reversed dorsal hippocampal neuropathology.
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