Oral contraceptive use changes brain activity and mood in women with previous negative affect on the pill-A double-blinded, placebo-controlled randomized trial of a levonorgestrel-containing combined oral contraceptive

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1133-1144

  Gingnell, Malin ^a   Engman, Jonas ^a   Frick, Andreas ^a   Moby, Lena ^a   Wikström, Johan ^a   Fredrikson, Mats ^a   Sundström Poromaa, Inger ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Combined oral contraceptives; Estrogen; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Insula; Progestagen; Randomized clinical trial

Indexed keywords

ETHINYLESTRADIOL; LEVONORGESTREL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOATING; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLICITY DIAGNOSER SCALE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMOTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GUILT; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INSULA; IRRITABILITY; MASTALGIA; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MOOD DISORDER; MOOD SWING; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE USE; PILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AFFECT; BRAIN; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, COMBINED; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEVONORGESTREL;

EID: 84877921849     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.11.006     Document Type: Article

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