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- Citation and Abstract
Dietary Soy Supplements Produce Opposite Effects on Anxiety in Intact Male and Female Rats in the Elevated Plus-Maze.
Patisaul, Heather B.; Blum, Adele; Luskin, Jordan R.; Wilson, Mark E.
Behavioral Neuroscience. Vol 119(2), Apr 2005, 587-594.
The effects of 2 popular, commercially available soy phytoestrogen supplements on anxiety in male, diestrus female, and proestrus female rats were examined with an elevated plus-maze. Both of the soy supplements were anxiolytic in proestrus females but anxiogenic in males as determined by time spent in the open arms. No effect of diet was seen in the diestrus females. The observed changes in anxiety were not because of altered levels of gonadal hormones, as serum estrogen and progesterone levels were unaffected by diet in the females. The results suggest that the soy supplements have sex- and cycle-specific effects on anxiety. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved)
- Digital Object Identifier:
- 10.1037/0735-7044.119.2.587
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