Oral contraceptives modulate the relationship between resting brain activity, amygdala connectivity and emotion recognition–a resting state fMRI study

S Menting-Henry, E Hidalgo-Lopez… - Frontiers in Behavioral …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Recent research into the effects of hormonal contraceptives on emotion processing and
brain function suggests that hormonal contraceptive users show (a) reduced accuracy in …

Hormonal contraceptive use is associated with neural and affective changes in healthy young women

N Lisofsky, M Riediger, J Gallinat, U Lindenberger… - Neuroimage, 2016 - Elsevier
Previous neuroimaging research has demonstrated that female gonadal hormones can alter
the structure and function of adult women's brains. So far, we do not know how hormonal …

Oral contraceptives impair complex emotion recognition in healthy women

R Pahnke, A Mau-Moeller, M Junge, J Wendt… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Despite the widespread use of oral contraceptives (OCs), remarkably little is known about
the effects of OCs on emotion, cognition, and behavior. However, coincidental findings …

Amygdala subnuclei resting-state functional connectivity sex and estrogen differences

J Engman, C Linnman, KRA Van Dijk… - Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2016 - Elsevier
The amygdala is a hub in emotional processing, including that of negative affect. Healthy
men and women have distinct differences in amygdala responses, potentially setting the …

Postmenopausal hormone use impact on emotion processing circuitry

T Shafir, T Love, A Berent-Spillson, CC Persad… - Behavioural brain …, 2012 - Elsevier
Despite considerable evidence for potential effects of estrogen on emotional processing,
several studies of postmenopausal women who began hormone therapy (HT) remote from …

[HTML][HTML] Hormonal contraceptive phases matter: Resting-state functional connectivity of emotion-processing regions under stress

P Nasseri, AY Herrera, K Gillette, S Faude, JD White… - Neurobiology of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hormonal contraceptives (HCs) affect cognitive processes related to emotion processing,
including emotional memory, fear extinction, and the cortisol response to stress. Despite the …

Effects of estrogen variation on neural correlates of emotional response inhibition

Z Amin, CN Epperson, RT Constable, T Canli - Neuroimage, 2006 - Elsevier
Despite behavioral evidence that variation in ovarian hormones is associated with changes
in affect, the neural basis of these processes is poorly understood. We combined functional …

The regulatory roles of progesterone and estradiol on emotion processing in women

R Sharma, A Cameron, Z Fang, N Ismail… - Cognitive, Affective, & …, 2021 - Springer
Emotion processing is known to interact with memory. Ovarian steroid hormones, such as
progesterone and estradiol, modulate emotion processing and memory. However, it is …

Amygdala reactivity to negative stimuli is influenced by oral contraceptive use

N Petersen, L Cahill - Social cognitive and affective …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The amygdala is a highly interconnected region of the brain that is critically important to
emotional processing and affective networks. Previous studies have shown that the …

Hormonal cycle modulates arousal circuitry in women using functional magnetic resonance imaging

JM Goldstein, M Jerram, R Poldrack… - Journal of …, 2005 - Soc Neuroscience
Sex-specific behaviors are in part based on hormonal regulation of brain physiology. This
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study demonstrated significant differences in …