Review
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Dali Gamsakhurdashvili, Martin I. Antov, Ursula Stockhorst
Summary: This study reviewed original papers on the impact of ovarian-hormone status on facial emotion recognition and emotional memory. Results suggest that features of the stimulus material interact with E2- and P4-related ovarian-hormone status, with oral contraceptive use potentially affecting recognition accuracy of basic and complex emotions.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Peik M. A. Brundin, Britt-Marie Landgren, Peter Fjallstrom, Mohamed M. M. Shamekh, Jan-Ake Gustafsson, Anders F. F. Johansson, Ivan Nalvarte
Summary: The study reveals the expression patterns of sex hormone receptors in different immune cells and the lack of significant correlation between sex hormone levels and expression of SHR or immune response genes. However, there is a positive correlation between sex hormone-binding globulin and the expression of certain genes. Additionally, immune response genes show significant differences in expression between different phases of the menstrual cycle, suggesting a potential role for sex hormones in immune response.
FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Mana Miyamoto, Kenichi Shibuya
Summary: This study aimed to examine potential variations in nutritional intake among female athletes during their menstrual cycle. The findings indicated that there were no notable disparities in nutritional intake across the three phases of the menstrual cycle, suggesting that female athletes may experience comparatively smaller variations in nutrient intake related to their menstrual cycle.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Zahira Z. Cohen, Neta Gotlieb, Offer Erez, Arnon Wiznitzer, Oded Arbel, Devorah Matas, Lee Koren, Avishai Henik
Summary: The menstrual cycle affects cognition through fluctuations in estradiol and progesterone. This study examined the performance of naturally cycling women and women using oral contraceptives using the ANT-I test. The results showed that naturally cycling women had different performance in the follicular and luteal phases, while women using oral contraceptives performed consistently at both time points.
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
(2022)
Review
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Manon Dubol, C. Neill Epperson, Julia Sacher, Belinda Pletzer, Birgit Derntl, Rupert Lanzenberger, Inger Sundstrom-Poromaa, Erika Comasco
Summary: Increasing evidence suggests that ovarian hormones influence the brain structure, chemistry, and function of women in their reproductive age, potentially shaping their behavior and mental health. Specifically, these hormones fluctuations appear to have modulatory effects on the reactivity and structure of cortico-limbic brain regions.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Behavioral Sciences
Chia-Ming K. Hsu, Luke J. Ney, Cynthia Honan, Kim L. Felmingham
Summary: Research has shown that progesterone level is positively associated with negative recall and negative intrusive memories, while estradiol level is positively associated with extinction recall.
NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
(2021)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Katja M. Schmalenberger, Hafsah A. Tauseef, Jordan C. Barone, Sarah A. Owens, Lynne Lieberman, Marc N. Jarczok, Susan S. Girdler, Jeff Kiesner, Beate Ditzen, Tory A. Eisenlohr-Moul
Summary: Despite decades of research, there is still confusion in the methodology of studying the physiological and psychological effects of the menstrual cycle. A set of guidelines and tools offered in this paper aims to improve the meaningfulness and replicability of study results.
PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Experimental
Nicholas M. Thompson, Carien M. van Reekum, Bhismadev Chakrabarti
Summary: Understanding and sharing others' emotions (i.e., empathy) requires the ability to manage one's own emotions (i.e., emotion regulation). Empirical evidence suggests a negative relationship between cognitive empathy and emotion dysregulation, while no significant relationship was found between affective empathy and emotion dysregulation.
Article
Psychology, Social
Thorsten M. Erle, Friederike Funk
Summary: This article explores the relationship between visuospatial perspective-taking and affective perspective-taking. The findings indicate that visuospatial perspective-taking does not improve emotion recognition speed, but it does increase the perceived intensity of emotional expressions and the emotional contagiousness of negative emotions.
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Darwin A. Guevarra, Courtney C. Louis, Lilianne M. Gloe, Stefanie Russman Block, Deborah A. Kashy, Kelly L. Klump, Jason S. Moser
Summary: The study found increased anhedonic depression in the mid-luteal phase of the menstrual cycle for women, but no significant changes in anxious apprehension and anxious arousal. Additionally, there was a positive association between stress and anxious apprehension as well as anhedonic depression, but not anxious arousal. These associations were not stronger in the mid-luteal phase, providing weak evidence for a window of vulnerability for affective symptoms during this phase.
PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Oncology
Sarah M. Bernhardt, Pallave Dasari, Danielle J. Glynn, Amanda R. Townsend, Timothy J. Price, Wendy V. Ingman
Summary: This study showed that estrogen and progesterone have similar effects on mRNA and protein biomarker expression in hormone-responsive breast cancer xenografts, but there may be differences between cell lines. Further research is needed to investigate the concordance between protein and mRNA biomarkers in premenopausal breast cancer.
BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT
(2021)
Review
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Erin E. Maher, Ashley M. Strzelecki, Jessica J. Weafer, Cassandra D. Gipson
Summary: Clinically, women may have a higher susceptibility to certain aspects of substance use disorders, and this may be influenced by the steroid hormones 17 beta-estradiol (E2) and progesterone (Pg). This review examines the effects of cycling ovarian hormones on nicotine, cocaine, and opioid-related behaviors, and also explores the potential influence of synthetic steroid hormone use. It further investigates the interactions of E2 and Pg in brain reward pathways and their impact on drug-related behaviors, emphasizing the importance of studying women-specific factors in addiction research.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ludmila Dos Anjos, Fabio Rodrigues, Sofia Scataglini, Rafael Reimann Bapista, Paula Lobo da Costa, Marcus Fraga Vieira
Summary: The purpose of this study was to investigate how generalized fatigue and hormonal changes throughout the menstrual cycle affect trunk variability and local dynamic stability during gait. The results showed that after the incremental test, variability increased and local dynamic stability decreased. Women showed a faster recovery rate compared to men, but the luteal phase had significantly lower local dynamic stability than the follicular phase.
Article
Neurosciences
Yili Zhao, Lei Zhang, Markus Ruetgen, Ronald Sladky, Claus Lamm
Summary: This article explores the impact of affect sharing on emotion recognition, revealing different neural networks involved in genuine affect sharing responses to pain and disgust.
Article
Psychology, Biological
Marie Lefebvre, Michael P. Hengartner, Enrico Tronci, Toni Mancini, Fabian Ille, Susanna Roblitz, Tillmann Krueger, Brigitte Leeners
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between ovarian hormones and women's eating behavior. The results showed no significant correlation between women's serum hormone levels and the rating of visually presented food stimuli during different stages of the menstrual cycle and fertility treatments. Additionally, some food rating changes observed in the first menstrual cycle were not replicated in the second cycle.
PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Maike Creyaufmueller, Stefan Heim, Ute Habel, Juliane Muehlhaus
EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2020)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Lydia Kogler, Veronika Mueller, Elena Werminghausen, Simon B. Eickhoff, Birgit Derntl
Review
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Julia Sacher, Natalia Chechko, Udo Dannlowski, Martin Walter, Birgit Derntl
FRONTIERS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
(2020)
Review
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Manon Dubol, C. Neill Epperson, Julia Sacher, Belinda Pletzer, Birgit Derntl, Rupert Lanzenberger, Inger Sundstrom-Poromaa, Erika Comasco
Summary: Increasing evidence suggests that ovarian hormones influence the brain structure, chemistry, and function of women in their reproductive age, potentially shaping their behavior and mental health. Specifically, these hormones fluctuations appear to have modulatory effects on the reactivity and structure of cortico-limbic brain regions.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Aiste Ambrase, Carolin A. Lewis, Claudia Barth, Birgit Derntl
Summary: Research has shown behavioral differences in women and men when making value-based decisions, possibly influenced by functional lateralization of the brain, neurotransmitter systems, and sex hormones. Decision-making in women may be more susceptible to the effects of ovarian hormones, but there is still limited understanding in this area.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Delia Leiding, Franziska Kaiser, Marion Steffens, Andrei A. Puiu, Ute Habel
Summary: This study found that violence perpetration is mainly predicted by previous exposure to violence and polyvictimization, with physical violence best predicted by prior exposure to physical violence influenced by frequency and age of violence experience, and drug use being a strong predictor of physical and psychological violence.
AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR
(2021)
Review
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Zoe Buerger, Anna Magdalena Bucher, Erika Comasco, Melanie Henes, Stephanie Huebner, Lydia Kogler, Birgit Derntl
Summary: The impact of LNG-IUD on stress and mental health is unclear, but it seems to improve quality of life and sexual functioning. There is substantial variation in the quality of studies, highlighting the need for more high-quality research to assess the effects of LNG-IUD on brain function and structure, helping women make more informed choices regarding contraception.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Patricia Schnakenberg, Lisa Hahn, Susanne Stickel, Elmar Stickeler, Ute Habel, Simon B. Eickhoff, Natalia Chechko, Juergen Dukart
Summary: A thorough understanding of preexisting vulnerability to PPD could aid early detection and treatment. The study found no significant differences between PPD, AD, and control groups based on brain imaging data immediately after childbirth. However, a significant association was observed between Integrated Local Correlation (LCor) and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Score (EPDS) at 12 weeks postpartum.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Lisa Wagels, Ute Habel, Adrian Raine, Benjamin Clemens
Summary: Aggression is a common issue in mental disorders, posing a burden on both society and the mental health sector. Developing clinically relevant biomarkers for aggression requires combining different candidate biomarkers and rigorously testing their reliability and validity in large patient cohorts. In addition to gaining a better mechanistic understanding of aggression, efforts should be made to create multimodal biomarkers for medical professionals to use in improving the management and clinical outcomes of pathological aggression.
CURRENT OPINION IN BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
(2022)
Review
Psychology, Clinical
Philippa Huepen, Ute Habel, Mikhail Votinov, Joseph W. Kable, Lisa Wagels
Summary: This study reviewed the neural correlates of risk-taking in substance-related addictions (SRAs) and non-substance related addictions (NSRAs). The findings suggest common altered risk-related neural processes in both addiction types, including hyperactivity in the OFC and the striatum. However, decreased DLPFC activity may be specific to SRAs and decreased IFG activity could only be identified for NSRAs. Further research is needed to evaluate the clinical relevance of these findings.
NEUROPSYCHOLOGY REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Lara Pereira, Joana Grave, Janina Noll, Birgit Derntl, Sandra C. Soares, Susana Bras, Raquel Sebastiao
Summary: Abnormal sensory perception is an early symptom of autism spectrum disorders (ASD), including altered olfactory perception. There is evidence that automatic responses to odours can serve as biomarkers of ASD, but this potential use is still underexplored. This study investigates the use of physiological responses to odours as a diagnostic tool for ASD in adults.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Zoe Buerger, Veronika I. Mueller, Felix Hoffstaedter, Ute Habel, Ruben C. Gur, Christian Windischberger, Ewald Moser, Birgit Derntl, Lydia Kogler
Summary: Females and males differ in stress reactions and coping strategies. The connectivity between the amygdala and frontal regions plays a key role in stress coping. In this study, the effects of sex and stressor type on the connectivity of the amygdala and frontal regions were examined. Females showed stronger connectivity between the amygdala and certain frontal regions during social exclusion stress compared to achievement stress, indicating the importance of social affiliation for females.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Lydia Kogler, Christina Regenbogen, Veronika I. Mueller, Nils Kohn, Frank Schneider, Ruben C. Gur, Birgit Derntl
Summary: Stress plays a significant role in the development, triggering, and maintenance of psychotic symptoms. This study aimed to investigate the neural correlates of cognitive regulation of stress in schizophrenia. The results showed that schizophrenia patients exhibited stronger anticipation of stress, increased negative affect, and greater activation in specific brain regions compared to healthy controls. Furthermore, schizophrenia patients demonstrated difficulties in cognitive stress regulation. These findings have important implications for improving interventions for stress management.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Simone Weller, Birgit Derntl, Christian Plewnia
Summary: This study found that transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has different effects on females and males during cognitive training, with females showing higher performance gains in the task. In females, anodal tDCS was superior to cathodal tDCS. For males, no significant differences were found. Future brain stimulation research should pay more attention to the impact of biological sex for better understanding and customization of tDCS interventions.
BIOLOGY OF SEX DIFFERENCES
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Lydia Kogler, Veronika I. Mueller, Ewald Moser, Christian Windischberger, Ruben C. Gur, Ute Habel, Simon B. Eickhoff, Birgit Derntl
Summary: Testosterone levels modulate resting-state functional connectivity between brain regions involved in affective processing and executive functions. Significant sex differences were found, with higher testosterone levels associated with lower connectivity between the amygdala and the superior frontal gyrus in women. Testosterone may have sex-specific patterns in affect and cognition networks, as well as in the frontal down-regulation of the amygdala.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Farrah N. Madison, Verner P. Bingman, Tom Smulders, Christine R. Lattin
Summary: Although research on the avian hippocampus has been limited, it is crucial for understanding its evolution and changes over time. The avian hippocampus plays important roles in spatial cognition as well as regulating anxiety, approach-avoidance behavior, and stress responses. Future research should focus on elucidating the cellular and molecular mechanisms, including endocrinology, to resolve outstanding questions about avian hippocampal function and organization.
HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR
(2024)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Judith A. H. Smit, Riet Vooijs, Peter Lindenburg, Alexander T. Baugh, Wouter Halfwerk
Summary: This study investigates the effects of urbanization on hormone levels in tungara frogs and found that urban frogs and forest frogs have different endocrine phenotypes. Exposure to urban noise and light pollution led to an increase in testosterone and a decrease in corticosterone in urban frogs, while forest frogs showed no endocrine response to sensory pollutants. These results suggest that urbanization can modulate hormone levels and influence behavior in frogs.
HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR
(2024)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Hannah D. Fulenwider, Yangmiao Zhang, Andrey E. Ryabinin
Summary: Social hierarchies have significant effects on overall health of individuals in animal groups, particularly the lowest-ranking individuals. Tube test can be used to determine social rank in male and female mice, and the complex interactions between social rank, sex, environment, and testing length influence peptide levels.
HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR
(2024)