The Impact of the Menstrual Cycle on Brain Plasticity

Today, you’ll learn about ants that play doctor to their fellow ants after going into battle, a possible game-changing way to sequester carbon at the bottom of the ocean, and the changes that can happen in the female mind during menstruation.  

Ant Doctors 

• “Ants Recognize Infected Wounds and Treat Them.” Universitat Wurzburg. 2024.  
• “Innovative drugs, chemicals, and enzymes within the animal production chain.” by Yousef I. Hassan, et al. 2018.  
• “Targeted treatment of injured nestmates with antimicrobial compounds in ant society.” by Erik. T. Frank, et al. 2023.  
• Ant Video. N.d.  

Sequestered Carbon 

• “To combat climate change, companies bury plant waste at sea.” by Saima Sidik. 2023.  
• “Biomass Storage in Anoxic Marine Basins: Initial estimates of geochemical impacts and CO2 sequestration capacity.” by Morgan Reed Raven, et al. 2023.  
• “2023 Global Carbon Budget Report Emphasizes Urgent Need to Reduce Global Emissions.” by Laura Chaibongsai. 2023.  

Menstrual Brain 

• “The menstrual rhythm of the brain.” Max Planck Gesellschaft. 2023.  
• “Ultra-high-field 7T MRI reveals changes in human medial temporal lobe volume in female adults during menstrual cycle.” by Rachel G. Zsido, et al. 2023.  

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