Brain regions important for memory, perception are remodeled during the menstrual cycle, study finds

Zsido and Sacher examined female brains not just at one point in time, but at six points across the menstrual cycle. Credit: MPI CBS

Central learning and memory hubs change in response to sex hormones. A new study in Nature Mental Health by Rachel Zsido and Julia Sacher of the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences and the University Clinic in Leipzig, Germany, links rhythmic oscillations in ovarian hormone levels in women during the menstrual cycle to changes in brain…

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