Die Menstruation ist nicht nur ein körperlicher Prozess – sie verändert auch das Gehirn. In dieser Folge erklärt Bent Freiwald, was dazu bekannt ist und warum wir bislang viel zu wenig darüber wissen.

Hier geht’s zum gleichnamigen Newsletter: Das Leben des Brain

Links zu Quellen und verwendeten Studien:

1. Lifetime cumulative number of menstrual cycles and serum sex hormone levels in postmenopausal women

2. The weird, bad history of tampon testing

3. The Normal Menstrual Cycle and the Control of Ovulation

4. The science of menstruation in 10 minutes

5. Circadian rhythm of testosterone level in plasma. I. Physiologic 24-hour oscillations of the testosterone level in plasma

6. Diurnal fluctuations in steroid hormones tied to variation in intrinsic functional connectivity in a densely sampled male

7. Gonadal steroids regulate dendritic spine density in hippocampal pyramidal cells in adulthood

8. Progesterone shapes medial temporal lobe volume across the human menstrual cycle

9. Ultra-high-field 7T MRI reveals changes in human medial temporal lobe volume in female adults during menstrual cycle

10. Menstrual cycle-driven hormone concentrations co-fluctuate with white and gray matter architecture changes across the whole brain

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