Please feel invited to fill out the short, anonymous survey with just two questions on your experience with taboos. Whether you are a clinician, researcher, or bring lived experience, your contribution will directly inform ongoing research in this area!

Despite scientific and medical advancements, women's health continues to be affected by stigmatization, misinformation, and political underrepresentation. We firmly believe: "Women and gender diverse people’s health is more than reproductive health."

Despite scientific and medical advancements, women's health continues to be affected by stigmatization, misinformation, and political underrepresentation. We firmly believe: "Women and gender diverse people’s health is more than reproductive health."

Please feel invited to fill out the short, anonymous survey with just two questions on your experience with taboos. Whether you are a clinician, researcher, or bring lived experience, your contribution will directly inform ongoing research in this area!

Despite scientific and medical advancements, women's health continues to be affected by stigmatization, misinformation, and political under-representation. We firmly believe: "Women and gender diverse people’s health is more than reproductive health."

We’ll tackle taboos in menstruation, contraception, pregnancy, and (peri)menopause—connecting science, clinical work + lived experience. Awardees get full travel funding to engage in collective learning + spark future collaborations.

👉 Application link on our website: www.cbs.mpg.de/departments/...

Exciting insights into how hormones drive neural plasticity and influence risk and resilience across the lifespan! 🧠✨

Her dissertation explored:
"Attentional-emotional interaction in healthy female participants on oral contraceptives during on-week escitalopram intake" 🧠💊

We’re so proud of you, Dr. Drygalla! 💐
#Neuroscience #Neuroendocrinology #WomenInScience

🏅 Livia Ruehr & Charlotte Koch’s poster:
“Sex differences in the associations between visceral adipose tissue, brain aging and cognition”
🏅 Kim Hoffmann’s poster:
“The cortisol awakening response in premenstrual dysphoric disorder and health across the menstrual cycle”

We're proud to share that 2 members of our CogNeuroEndo group brought home awards from the poster session. 🏆
🎉 Congrats to @liviaruehr.bsky.social and @kimhoffmann.bsky.social! Shoutout to Charlotte Koch from @veronicawitte.bsky.social's @omegalab.bsky.social who shares 1st place with Livia 👏

Freuen Sie sich auf praxisnahe Impulse zu aktuelle Studien & neuen Therapien direkt aus @UKL_Leipzig, u.a. zu Themen #VerhütungnachKrebserkrankung #Endometrumkarzinom

Kommen Sie vorbei, tauschen Sie sich aus, bringen Sie frische Ideen in Ihren Praxisalltag mit!

6) Full text available at: doi.org/10.1016/j.yf... ❤️🧠🌟

5) 🔜By acknowledging endocrine fluctuations, human neuroendocrine research, in reciprocal influence with #animalresearch and #clinicaltrials, offers the chance to substantially improve #womenshealth, and to move towards a more #personalizedmedicine approach for everyone. ⚧️

4) 🔜 While advancements in sampling (e.g.#densesampling) and neuroimaging (ultra-high field #MRI!) methodology have contributed to our understanding of these effects, future #neuroendocrine research should strive to routinely distinguish endogenous and exogenous estrogen levels.

3) 🟰Our results show that both endogenous fluctuations and administration of estrogens can affect brain activity, connectivity, and gray/ white matter microstructure. Estrogens thus contribute to observed #neuroplasticity across the lifespan, especially in the #femalebrain.

2) We summarize 82 studies on estrogen associations with neuroimaging markers, from endogenous & exogenous contexts, including 54 studies on #puberty, #menstrualcycle, #pregnancy & #menopause, as well as 28 studies on #oralcontraceptives, #menopausalhormonetherapy & #genderaffirming hormone therapy.