Estrogen sets the brain's temperature regulator lower but can also lower the metabolic rate through serotonin and other mediators

Negation: Estrogen does not set the brain's temperature regulator lower and it cannot lower the metabolic rate through serotonin and other mediators 0 0 0

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If it is true that...

Estrogen sets the brain's temperature regulator lower but can also lower the metabolic rate through serotonin and other mediators 1 0 2

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Estrogen plays a role in organisms as diverse as yeasts, worms, mollusks, and in modifying the function of practically every type of animal cell--skin, nerve, muscle, bone, hair, gland, etc 1 0 2

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Many toxic chemicals and stressful physical processes can activate the same functions as estrogen 1 0 2

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