Drugs that interfere with the formation of new neural networks in the brain's main memory center can cause short-term memory loss. Photo Credit woman in pain image by kuhar from Fotolia.com. Short-term memory is the ability to store sensory information for relatively short times, ranging from a few minutes to a few days.
As well as playing a secondary role in follicular responsiveness to FSH, LH is the trigger for ovulation itself. In response to the switch in estrogen mediated feedback from negative to positive, the LH mid-cycle surge is created. This activates a whole cascade of inflammatory responses in the dominant follicle leading to the breakdown of the follicular boundary wall and the escape of the oocyte with its cumulus oophorus.
The patient becomes less anxious more calm and less depressed. Progesterone is known as the happy hormone. John Lee, MD wrote this about Estrogen Dominance and Depression, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You about Menopause by John Lee, MD page 121. Excess estrogen, however, can have a negative effect on mood. This has to do with copper and zinc ratios. Copper and zinc are important cofactors for brain enzymes. Estrogen increases a blood protein, ceruloplasmin, which binds to copper and prevents dietary copper from finding its way into brain cells.