Estradiol and progesterone vary along the menstrual cycle and exert opposite effects on a
variety of neurotransmitter systems. However, few studies have addressed menstrual cycle-…

Animal studies have robustly shown hormone related changes in spine density in various
brain areas, specifically the hippocampus. Literature on hormone dependent gray matter …

Increasing evidence suggests that endogenous sex steroid changes affect human brain
functional connectivity, which could be obtained by resting-state fMRI (RS-fMRI). Nevertheless, …

Estradiol and progesterone levels vary along the menstrual cycle and have multiple neuroactive
effects, including on the dopaminergic system. Dopamine relates to executive functions …

Longitudinal menstrual cycle studies allow to investigate the effects of ovarian hormones on
brain organization. Here, we use spectral dynamic causal modelling (spDCM) in a triple …

Recent research into the effects of hormonal contraceptives on emotion processing and
brain function suggests that hormonal contraceptive users show (a) reduced accuracy in …

Oral contraceptive (OC) effects on the brain have gained increasing interest, but are highly
controversial. Previous studies suggest that OC users have larger hippocampi, …

Introduction Hormonal contraceptives (HCs), nowadays one of the most used contraceptive
methods, downregulate endogenous ovarian hormones, which have multiple plastic effects …

Previous cross-sectional studies observed differences between users and non-users of
combined oral contraceptives (COCs) in both the structure and function of the fusiform face area (…

Sex differences in navigation have often been attributed to the use of different navigation
strategies in men and women. However, no study so far has investigated sex differences in the …