Sex/gender differences in cognitive abilities

S Kheloui, S Jacmin-Park, O Larocque, P Kerr… - Neuroscience & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sex/gender differences in cognitive sciences are riddled by conflicting perspectives. At the
center of debates are clinical, social, and political perspectives. Front and center …

Enhancing precision in human neuroscience

S Nebe, M Reutter, DH Baker, J Bölte, G Domes… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Human neuroscience has always been pushing the boundary of what is measurable. During
the last decade, concerns about statistical power and replicability–in science in general, but …

Hormonal contraceptive usage influences stress hormone effects on cognition and emotion

VL Jentsch, L Pötzl, OT Wolf, CJ Merz - Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 2022 - Elsevier
Men and women partially differ in how they respond to stress and how stress in return affects
their cognition and emotion. The influence of hormonal contraceptives (HCs) on this …

[HTML][HTML] Progesterone and contraceptive progestin actions on the brain: A systematic review of animal studies and comparison to human neuroimaging studies

B Pletzer, K Winkler-Crepaz, KM Hillerer - Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 2023 - Elsevier
In this review we systematically summarize the effects of progesterone and synthetic
progestins on neurogenesis, synaptogenesis, myelination and six neurotransmitter systems …

Hormonal contraceptive influences on cognition and psychopathology: Past methods, present inferences, and future directions

AM Beltz - Frontiers in neuroendocrinology, 2022 - Elsevier
In the last decade, there has been a remarkable surge in research on the neural and
behavioral correlates of hormonal contraceptive use, particularly oral contraceptive use …

[HTML][HTML] Oral contraceptives in the central nervous system: basic pharmacology, methodological considerations, and current state of the field

E Hampson - Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 2023 - Elsevier
Millions of women around the world use combined oral contraceptives (OCs), yet
surprisingly little is known about their central nervous system (CNS) effects. This article …

Ovarian steroid hormones: A long overlooked but critical contributor to brain aging and Alzheimer's disease

S Jett, E Schelbaum, G Jang… - Frontiers in Aging …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Ovarian hormones, particularly 17β-estradiol, are involved in numerous neurophysiological
and neurochemical processes, including those subserving cognitive function. Estradiol plays …

[HTML][HTML] Combination of structural and functional connectivity explains unique variation in specific domains of cognitive function

MC Litwińczuk, N Muhlert, L Cloutman… - NeuroImage, 2022 - Elsevier
The relationship between structural and functional brain networks has been characterised
as complex: the two networks mirror each other and show mutual influence but they also …

[HTML][HTML] Hormone-based models for comparing menstrual cycle and hormonal contraceptive effects on human resting-state functional connectivity

KV Casto, T Jordan, N Petersen - Frontiers in neuroendocrinology, 2022 - Elsevier
Oral contraceptives (OCs) are widely used yet understudied given their potential for public
health consequences. Emerging investigations scaling from single-subject, dense-sampling …

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 …