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Beautiful Brains
12/11/2024

This was a study about the effects of estrogen and progesterone on the brain. It discusses the effects of these hormones on emotion and cognition.

The document reviews studies that have used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine the effects of these hormones on brain activity. The studies included in the review examined the effects of both endogenous and exogenous hormones on brain function. The results of the studies suggest that both estrogen and progesterone can affect the activity of several brain regions, including the amygdala, anterior cingulate cortex, and inferior frontal gyrus.

This illustrates how important hormones are for our brain health as we age - something often overlooked when hormones are demonized. This should, of course, come as no surprise to women in menopause, who have long felt the effects of declining hormones by way of brain fog, mood changes, and fatigue.

This is echoed by other research; A variety of real life studies has shown us that hormones protect cognition. The Cache County Study found women on estrogen for at least 10 years, had an almost 30 to 50% reduction (depending on the study you read) of Alzheimer’s disease. Then there is the amazing insurance University of Arizona study. The researchers looked at almost 400,000 women’s insurance records. Use of “any” hormonal therapy was associated with significantly “reduced” risk for combined neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease.

View the science by clicking the link below.

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25222701/