A brief guide to the menstrual cycle and oral contraceptive use for researchers in behavioral endocrinology.
Horm Behav
; 119: 104655, 2020 03.
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ABSTRACT
There is increasing evidence that reproductive hormones exert regulatory effects in the central nervous system that can influence behavioral, cognitive, perceptual, affective, and motivational processes. These effects occur in adults and post-pubertal individuals, and can be demonstrated in humans as well as laboratory animals. Large changes in 17ß-estradiol and progesterone occur over the ovarian cycle (i.e., the menstrual cycle) and afford a way for researchers to explore the central nervous system (CNS) effects of these hormones under natural physiological conditions. Increasingly, oral contraceptives are also being studied, both as another route to understanding the CNS effects of reproductive hormones and also as pharmacological agents in their own right. This mini-review will summarize the basic physiology of the menstrual cycle and essential facts about oral contraceptives to help novice researchers to use both paradigms effectively.
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Anticoncepcionais Orais
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Pesquisa Comportamental
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Endocrinologia
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Ciclo Menstrual
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Horm Behav
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2020
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