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The influence of the menstrual cycle on the female brain

French CNRS researcher, with NIH, has identified the influence variation in the estrogen cycle has on the female brain. For the first time, scientists have identified the neural networks involved in processing reward-related functions modulated by female gonadal steroid hormones. This was published on the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA Web site Jan. 29, 2007.

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