Menstrual Cycle and Hormonal Contraceptive-Dependent Changes in Intrinsic Connectivity of Resting-State Brain Networks Correspond to Behavioral Changes Due to Hormonal Status

Brain Connectivity

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 572-585

  Pletzer, Belinda ^a   Crone, Julia Sophia ^a,b   Kronbichler, Martin ^a   Kerschbaum, Hubert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cognition; hormonal contraceptive use; intrinsic connectivity; menstrual cycle; resting state

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ESTRADIOL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COGNITION; COORDINATION; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRONTOPARIETAL CORTEX; HEARING; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING STATE NETWORK; SMELLING; VISION; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DRUG EFFECTS; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84987923848     PISSN: 21580014     EISSN: 21580022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/brain.2015.0407     Document Type: Article

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