Bruce S. McEwen, Ph.D.

Dr. McEwen reports no commercial conflict of interest.

Release Date: 05/08/2002
Termination Date: 05/08/2005

Estimated time to complete: 1 hour(s).

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Upon completion of this Cyberounds^®, the participant should be able to:

• Define and describe sex differences in hippocampal function that are relevant to the weathering of the cognitive functions of the brain
• Describe interactions between sex hormones, stress hormones and excitatory amino acids that regulate the degree of weathering of the brain
• Discuss strategies for achieving neuroprotection by estrogens or other agents that alter neuronal survival and regulate free radical damage.

 

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