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Leveraging precision neuroimaging to advance women’s brain health

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Sex steroid hormones are powerful neuromodulators of learning and memory. A new study in humans links rhythmic oscillations in ovarian hormone levels to changes in medial temporal lobe morphology.

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Fig. 1: A study capturing the relationship between sex hormones and medial temporal lobe morphology using ultrahigh field imaging.

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Funding support was provided by the National Institutes of Health (AG063843) and the Ann S. Bowers Women’s Brain Health Initiative.

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