Relation of blood estradiol levels to EEG photic driving in smoking vs. non-smoking normal males

Abstract

In normal young males, estradiol has effects which are opposite to those of testosterone on EEG driving responses to photic stimulation. Testosterone in males impairs the EEG driving response to photic stimulation, while estrogen enhances ti EEG response to photic stimulation. Estrogen in males would appear to impair central adrenergic functioning.