Reproductive Psychiatry Flashcards
The __ gene is required for male phenotypic differentiation
Sry
Autism, ADHD, ODD, and Tourettes are more common in __(sex)
males
___ diseases are more common in the women
Autoimmune
Women’s mental health issues during hormonal changes are due to an irregular ____ to hormones, not the hormones themselves
response
Post menopausal women have __ FSH and __ estradiol
High; low
___ increases ___ synthesis, reduces reuptake and MAO metabolism, and increases postsynaptic density
Estradiol; serotonin
Estrogen may protect against ____ injury, resulting in later onset of PD (increases levels of the NT ___)
nigrostriatal (dopamine)
Exercise and estrogen protect against stress on the loss of __ __
dendritic spines
The high levels of ______ during childbirth cause change in GABA systems and keep women awake
Allopregnanolone
SSRI treatent during luteal phase increases amount of ____
Allopregnanolone
Women handle the psychiatric disease ___ better than men
schizophrenia
Women handle the drug ____ worse then men
nicotine (smoking)
