Oral contraceptive pill use and menstrual cycle phase are associated with altered resting state functional connectivity

NeuroImage

Volumn 90, Issue , 2014, Pages 24-32

  Petersen, Nicole ^a   Kilpatrick, Lisa A ^b   Goharzad, Azaadeh ^a   Cahill, Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional connectivity; Independent components analysis; Menstrual cycle; Neuroendocrinology; Oral contraceptives; Resting state

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; INDEPENDENT COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES; RESTING STATE;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893471263     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.12.016     Document Type: Article

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