If rats are treated during pregnancy to increase the amount of progesterone, the offspring have bigger brains and learn more efficiently
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If rats are treated during pregnancy to increase the amount of progesterone, the offspring have bigger brains and learn more efficiently 1 0 2and
The environment can be supportive, but it can also divert development from an optimal course 1 0 3Then it must be true that...
Choosing intelligently from possible diets and selecting courses of action will create pattern and reduce entropy 1 0 2Argument #2af2af9b 1 0 2
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If rats are treated during pregnancy to increase the amount of progesterone, the offspring have bigger brains and learn more efficiently 1 0 2and
Progesterone is a nerve growth factor, produced by glial cells 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
Alzheimer-type dementia is different from other dementias, but it overlaps with them, and with age-related and stress-related changes in other organs 1 0 2Argument #d0f44a53 1 0 2
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If rats are treated during pregnancy to increase the amount of progesterone, the offspring have bigger brains and learn more efficiently 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
If rats are given a stimulating environment, each generation gets a slightly bigger, more intelligent brain 1 0 2Mentions
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Thyroid normalizes hormones, increasing progesterone and decreasing estrogen, which are needed for full-term gestation 1 0 1Thyroid and progesterone protect the brain and other organs 1 0 1Progesterone and pregnenolone, by reducing the stress reactions, should be helpful in the eye diseases of infancy and old age, as they are in the respiratory distress syndromes 1 0 1In old age, the number of cells in the brain keeps increasing with age 1 0 2Factors known to reduce brain size at birth are also involved in the degenerating brain in old age or Alzheimer's disease 1 0 2If rats are given a stimulating environment, each generation gets a slightly bigger, more intelligent brain 1 0 2The structure of the brain is determined at an early point in life 0 0 2Exposure to estrogen in middle-age increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease in old age 1 0 2Even medical progestogens offer some protection against Alzheimer's disease 1 0 2Progesterone is a nerve growth factor, produced by glial cells 1 0 2