**Meet the editor**

Gorazd Drevenšek holds an MSc degree in Pharmacology and a PhD degree in Medical Sciences, both from the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine. He started his research in cardiovascular pharmacology, modelling ischemic and reperfusion injuries and atherosclerotic processes. His focus is on pharmacological and toxicological evaluation of natural compounds as potential

therapeutic agents with cardio- and neuro-protectant potential. His laboratory and research skills comprise methods used with isolated organs, in vivo animal pharmacology and human studies. His present engagement is with psychopharmacology-oriented research.

Dr. Drevenšek teaches *Psychopharmacology, Psychopharmacology of Mental Disorders* and *Molecular Basis of Neurodegenerative Diseases*, for students of Biopsychology at the University of Primorska in Koper, Slovenia, where he is involved in neuroscience research, coupling psychopharmacology to EEG and autonomic nervous system-based studies. At the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ljubljana, he is heading the Laboratory for Cardiovascular Pharmacology.

Contents

**Preface VII**

Chapter 1 **Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of the Effects of Sex Hormones on the Nervous System 1** Slavi Delchev and Katerina Georgieva

Chapter 3 **Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and DHEA Sulfate: Roles in**

Chapter 4 **Gender Differences in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration**

Chapter 5 **Reproductive Aging: Perimenopause and Psychopathological**

Ksenija Gersak, Ziva Miriam Gersak and Arijana Turcin

Manuela Cristina Russu and Alexandra Cristina Antonescu

Wafik Said Bahnasy, Yasser A. El-Heneedy and Ehab A. El-Seidy

Chapter 6 **Neuroprotection in Perimenopausal Women 127**

Chapter 7 **Sex Hormones and Alzheimer's Disease 145**

Tracey A. Quinn, Stephen R. Robinson and David Walker

**(FTLD) Support an Estrogenic Model of Delayed Onset 69** Claire V. Flaherty, Arghavan S. Zangeneh, Marissa A. Harrison and

Chapter 2 **17β-Estradiol as a Neuroprotective Agent 21** Katalin Prokai-Tatrai and Laszlo Prokai

**Brain Function and Disease 41**

Sanjana Marikunte

**Symptoms 95**
