[HTML][HTML] Neuroimaging the menstrual cycle: A multimodal systematic review

M Dubol, CN Epperson, J Sacher, B Pletzer… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Increasing evidence indicates that ovarian hormones affect brain structure, chemistry and
function of women in their reproductive age, potentially shaping their behavior and mental …

A brief guide to the menstrual cycle and oral contraceptive use for researchers in behavioral endocrinology

E Hampson - Hormones and Behavior, 2020 - Elsevier
There is increasing evidence that reproductive hormones exert regulatory effects in the
central nervous system that can influence behavioral, cognitive, perceptual, affective, and …

Association of sex and age with mild traumatic brain injury–related symptoms: a TRACK-TBI study

HS Levin, NR Temkin, J Barber, LD Nelson… - JAMA network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Knowledge of differences in mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) recovery by sex
and age may inform individualized treatment of these patients. Objective To identify sex …

[HTML][HTML] Functional reorganization of brain networks across the human menstrual cycle

L Pritschet, T Santander, CM Taylor, E Layher, S Yu… - Neuroimage, 2020 - Elsevier
The brain is an endocrine organ, sensitive to the rhythmic changes in sex hormone
production that occurs in most mammalian species. In rodents and nonhuman primates …

The scientific body of knowledge–Whose body does it serve? A spotlight on oral contraceptives and women's health factors in neuroimaging

CM Taylor, L Pritschet, EG Jacobs - Frontiers in neuroendocrinology, 2021 - Elsevier
Women constitute half of the world's population, yet neuroscience research does not serve
the sexes equally. Fifty years of preclinical animal evidence documents the tightly-coupled …

Carving the biodevelopment of same-sex sexual orientation at its joints

DP VanderLaan, MN Skorska, DE Peragine… - Gender and sexuality …, 2022 - Springer
Sexual orientation is a core aspect of human experience and understanding its development
is fundamental to psychology as a scientific discipline. Biological perspectives have played …

Characterizing the brain structural adaptations across the motherhood transition

M Martínez-García, M Paternina-Die… - Frontiers in Global …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Women that become mothers face notable physiological adaptations during this life-period.
Neuroimaging studies of the last decade have provided grounded evidence that women's …

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 …

Little evidence for sex or ovarian hormone influences on affective variability

A Weigard, AM Loviska, AM Beltz - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Women were historically excluded from research participation partly due to the assumption
that ovarian hormone fluctuations lead to variation, especially in emotion, that could not be …

[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, 2025 - 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 …