Estrogen involved in early brain development
Researchers at Rockefeller University have gazed into the brain as it’s born and identified genes that shape it original destiny.
Researchers found 229 genes that are active at the beginning of neurogenesis, involved in forming the initial scaffolding for assembling cortical circuits. Surprisingly the genes include a substantial network related to the sex hormone estrogen .
Mary E. Hatten, Frederick P. Rose Professor and head of the Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology said, “That these sex pathways are involved from the get-go is a particular surprise. The research provides a new starting point for people to say, “What exactly, are all of these new pathways doing?””
A question I would like to see answered sooner rather than later is, if estrogen is involved in early brain development, how does oestrogen mimics in the many products pregnant women are exposed to on a daily
basis influence early brain development?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090530173757.htm
It is unbelievable to me that scientists continue to point out the importance of hormones on health and well-being and that this is a long neglected and medically ignored aspect of our commercial industry’s continuing exposure of hormones and hormone disruptors on our population. Why aren’t medical doctors crying out for change? Why aren’t our churches crying out for change? Why isn’t the population making this a major part of the political platform?
Why don’t we care more about our future and the future of our children and their children?