How do sex hormones affect the CNS/brain?

Posted by zonked on August 26, 2011, at 21:18:41

I have an armchair understanding of psychopharmacology.
You know our familiar friends, serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine ? GABA/glutamate and NMDA (and others)...
Suppose one is low in testosterone, or uses testosterone replacement therapy (like me). How does this translate to antidepressant activity in the brain? An increase or decrease of specific neurotransmitters, activity, or changes in feedback loops in the brain?
Does anyone know this?
I am just curious.
-z

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How do sex hormones affect the CNS/brain? zonked 8/26/11
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