Influence Of The Menstrual Cycle On The Female Brain

... What influence does the variation in estrogen level have on the activation of the female brain? Using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Jean-Claude Dreher, researchers in France and the United States have identified, for the first time, the neural networks involved in processing reward-related functions modulated by female gonadal steroid hormones. The result is an important step in better comprehension of certain psychiatric and neurological pathologies. ...