Menstrual cycle-related changes in amygdala morphology are associated with changes in stress sensitivity

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1187-1193

  Ossewaarde, Lindsey ^a   van Wingen, Guido A ^a,b,c   Rijpkema, Mark ^a   Bäckström, Torbjörn ^d   Hermans, Erno J ^a,e,f   Fernández, Guillén ^a,e  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Gonadal hormones; Menstrual cycle; Mood; Stress; Structural MRI

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOOD; MOOD DISORDER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875889921     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21502     Document Type: Article

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