Oral contraceptives and cognition: a systematic review

C Gurvich, I Nicholls, A Lavale, J Kulkarni - Frontiers in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Oral contraceptives (OCs) are widely used. While the physical impacts of OCs have been
well researched, there is increasing interest on potential impacts of OCs on brain, behaviour …

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and the menstrual cycle: Theory and evidence

AG Eng, U Nirjar, AR Elkins, YJ Sizemore… - Hormones and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that
exhibits striking sex differences in symptoms, prevalence, and associated problems across …

Reproducible stability of verbal and spatial functions along the menstrual cycle

B Pletzer, H Bodenbach, M Hoehn, L Hajdari… - …, 2024 - nature.com
Recent studies have reported brain changes in response to ovarian hormonal fluctuations
along the menstrual cycle. However, it remains unclear, whether these brain changes are of …

[HTML][HTML] Attentional, anticipatory and spatial cognition fluctuate throughout the menstrual cycle: Potential implications for female sport

F Ronca, JM Blodgett, G Bruinvels, M Lowery… - Neuropsychologia, 2024 - Elsevier
Current research suggests that menstruating female athletes might be at greater risk of
musculoskeletal injury in relation to hormonal changes throughout the menstrual cycle. A …

Morphologic alterations of the fear circuitry: the role of sex hormones and oral contraceptives

A Brouillard, LM Davignon, AM Turcotte… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Endogenous sex hormones and oral contraceptives (OCs) have been shown to
influence key regions implicated in fear processing. While OC use has been found to impact …

Effects of reproductive experience on cost-benefit decision making in female rats

M Faraji, OA Viera-Resto, B Setlow… - Frontiers in Behavioral …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Many individuals undergo mating and/or other aspects of reproductive experience at some
point in their lives, and pregnancy and childbirth in particular are associated with alterations …

Estradiol and the catechol-o-methyltransferase gene interact to predict working memory performance: a replication and extension

CC Louis, E Jacobs, M D'Esposito… - Journal of Cognitive …, 2023 - direct.mit.edu
Decades of evidence across taxa have established the importance of dopamine (DA)
signaling in the pFC for successful working memory performance. Genetic and hormonal …

[HTML][HTML] A review and p-curve analysis of research on the menstrual cycle correlates of consumer preferences and economic decisions

ÓJ Galindo-Caballero, FA Alzate-Pamplona… - Hormones and …, 2023 - Elsevier
A number of studies have been claimed to show that ovarian hormones, whose levels
fluctuate throughout the menstrual cycle, affect consumer preferences and financial …

[HTML][HTML] Sex, menstrual cycle, and hormonal contraceptives influences on global–local processing

A Marful, D Paolieri, A Bernal - Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2021 - Elsevier
The effect of sex hormones on global–local tasks has rarely been studied, offering, when
done, conflicting results possibly modulated by the congruency between hierarchical stimuli …

Influence of repeated estrus synchronization treatment on hormone secretion, growth, and development of dairy goats

S Sun, M Lv, H Niu, J Luo - Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
In large-scale intensive farms, dairy goats often undergo frequent estrus synchronization
(ES) treatment, which may result in a decline in reproductive performance; however, the …