[bksvol-discuss] Submitted The Female Brain by Louann Brizendine
- From: "Katie Hill" <kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 23:37:03 -0700
HI All,
Finally got this one finished, proof read through the notes/index.
I found it an interesting read. Here is a bit from the book.
THE CAST OF
NEURO-HORMONE CHARACTERS
(in other words, how hormones affect a woman's brain)
THE ONES YOUR doctor knows about
ESTROGEN-the queen: powerful, in control, all-consuming; sometimes all
business, sometimes an aggressive seductress; friend of dopamine, serotonin,
oxytocin, acetylcholine, and norepinephrine (the feel-good brain chemicals).
PROGESTERONE-in the background but a powerful sister to estrogen;
intermittently appears and sometimes is a storm cloud reversing the effects
of estrogen; other times is a mellowing agent; mother of allopregnenolone
(the brain's Valium, i.e., chill pill).
TESTOSTERONE-fast, assertive, focused, all-consuming, masculine; forceful
seducer; aggressive, unfeeling; has no time for cuddling.
THE ONES YOUR doctor may not know about that also affect a woman's brain
o XYTOCIN-fluffy, purring kitty; cuddly, nurturing, earth mother; the good
witch Glinda in The Wizard of Oz; finds pleasure in helping and serving;
sister to vasopressin (the male socializing hormone), sister to estrogen,
friend of dopamine (another feel-good brain chemical).
THE CAST OF NEURO-HORMONE CHARACTERS
CORTISOL-frizzled, frazzled, stressed out; highly sensitive, physically and
emotionally.
VASOPRESSIN-secretive, in the background, subtle aggressive male energies;
brother to testosterone, brother to oxytocin (makes you want to connect in
an active, male way, as does oxytocin).
DHEA-reservoir of all the hormones; omnipresent, pervasive, sustaining mist
of life; energizing; father and mother of testosterone and estrogen,
nicknamed "the mother hormone," the Zeus and Hera of hormones; robustly
present in youth, wanes to nothing in old age.
ANDROSTENEDIONE-the mother of testosterone in the ovaries; supply of
sassiness; high-spirited in youth, wanes at menopause, dies with the
ovaries.
ALLOPREGNENOLONE-the luxurious, soothing, mellowing daughter of
progesterone; without her, we are crabby; she is sedating, calming, easing;
neutralizes any stress, but as soon as she leaves, all is irritable
withdrawal; her sudden departure is the central story of PMS, the three or
four days before a woman's period starts.
The joy of life is living in the question
Katie Hill
Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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