How Birth Control Pills Affect the Female Brain

Información del proyecto

BECONTRA

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 850953

DOI

10.3030/850953

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 16 Enero 2020

Fecha de inicio 1 Junio 2020

Fecha de finalización 31 Mayo 2026

Financiado con arreglo a

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Coste total

€ 1 499 726,00

Aportación de la UE

€ 1 499 726,00

Coordinado por

PARIS-LODRON-UNIVERSITAT SALZBURG
Austria

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Publicaciones

Peer reviewed articles (20)

Duration of oral contraceptive use relates to cognitive performance and brain activation in current and past users.

Autores: Noachtar, I. A., Hidalgo-Lopez, E., & Pletzer, B.
Publicado en: Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022, ISSN 1664-2392
Editor: Frontiers
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2022.885617

Progestagens and progesterone receptor modulation: Effects on the brain, mood, stress, and cognition in females

Autores: Celine Bencker, Laura Gschwandtner, Sibel Nayman, Ramunė Grikšienė, Billie Nguyen, Urs M. Nater, Rachida Guennoun, Inger Sundström-Poromaa, Belinda Pletzer, Marie Bixo, Erika Comasco
Publicado en: Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, Edición 76, 2025, Página(s) 101160, ISSN 0091-3022
Editor: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2024.101160

Whole-brain dynamics across the menstrual cycle: the role of hormonal fluctuations and age in healthy women

Autores: Daniela S. Avila-Varela, Esmeralda Hidalgo-Lopez, Paulina Clara Dagnino, Irene Acero-Pousa, Elvira del Agua, Gustavo Deco, Belinda Pletzer, Anira Escrichs
Publicado en: npj Women's Health, Edición 2, 2024, ISSN 2948-1716
Editor: npj women's health
DOI: 10.1038/s44294-024-00012-4

Weak associations between personality and contraceptive choice.

Autores: Pletzer, B., Lang, C., Derntl, B., & Grikšienė, R.
Publicado en: Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022, ISSN 1662-453X
Editor: Frontiers
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.898487

Oral contraceptives modulate the relationship between resting brain activity, amygdala connectivity and emotion recognition–a resting state fMRI study

Autores: Shanice Menting-Henry, Esmeralda Hidalgo-Lopez, Markus Aichhorn, Martin Kronbichler, Hubert Kerschbaum, Belinda Pletzer
Publicado en: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2022, ISSN 1662-5153
Editor: Frontiers Research Foundation
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.775796

Towards a more comprehensive neuroscience of hormonal contraceptives

Autores: Petersen, N., Beltz, A. M., Casto, K. V., Taylor, C. M., Jacobs, E. G., Sundström-Poromaa, I., & Pletzer, B.
Publicado en: Nature Neuroscience, 2023, ISSN 1546-1726
Editor: Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s41593-023-01273-z

Progesterone and contraceptive progestin actions on the brain: A systematic review of animal studies and comparison to human neuroimaging studies

Autores: Pletzer, B., Winkler-Crepaz, K., Hillerer, K.
Publicado en: Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 2023, ISSN 0091-3022
Editor: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2023.101060

Hormonal contraception & face processing: examining face gender, androgenicity & treatment duration

Autores: B. Pletzer, I. Noachtar, E. Hidalgo-Lopez
Publicado en: Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2023, ISSN 1873-3360
Editor: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106292

Spatial and verbal performance relate to the duration of combined oral contraceptive use but do not change during the pill-free interval

Autores: Isabel Noachtar, Belinda Pletzer
Publicado en: Hormones and Behavior, Edición 174, 2026, Página(s) 105790, ISSN 0018-506X
Editor: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2025.105790

Spectral dynamic causal modelling in healthy women reveals brain connectivity changes along the menstrual cycle

Autores: Esmeralda Hidalgo-Lopez,Peter Zeidman, Ti-Anni Harris, Adeel Razi, Belinda Pletzer
Publicado en: Communications Biology, Edición 4, 2021, Página(s) 1-14, ISSN 2399-3642
Editor: Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-02447-w

Emotion recognition and mood along the menstrual cycle

Autores: Belinda Pletzer, Isabel Noachtar
Publicado en: Hormones and Behavior, Edición 154, 2024, Página(s) 105406, ISSN 0018-506X
Editor: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2023.105406

Mental Health Symptoms in Oral Contraceptive Users During Short-Term Hormone Withdrawal

Autores: Isabel A. Noachtar, Vibe G. Frokjaer, Belinda Pletzer
Publicado en: JAMA Network Open, Edición 6, 2023, Página(s) e2335957, ISSN 2574-3805
Editor: JAMA network open
DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.35957

Hormonal contraceptive exposure relates to changes in resting state functional connectivity of anterior cingulate cortex and amygdala

Autores: Esmeralda Hidalgo-Lopez, Isabel Noachtar, Belinda Pletzer
Publicado en: Frontiers in Endocrinology, Edición 14, 2023, ISSN 1664-2392
Editor: Frontiers in endocrinology
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1131995

Triple network model of brain connectivity changes related to adverse mood effects in an oral contraceptive placebo-controlled trial.

Autores: E. Hidalgo-Lopez, J. Engman, I. Sundström-Poromaa, M. Gingnell, B. Pletzer
Publicado en: Translational Psychiatry, 2023, ISSN 2158-3188
Editor: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1101/2022.08.11.22278664

Adolescent Hormonal Contraceptive Use in the Context of Brain Development and Depression Risk: A Review and Considerations for Future Research

Autores: Niamh MacSweeney, Taleah Dumoulin, Eira R. Aksnes, Claudia Barth, Arielle Crestol, Carina Heller, Hedvig Nordeng, Yara J. Toenders, Katharina Winkler-Crepaz, Belinda Pletzer, Adriene M. Beltz, Christian K. Tamnes
Publicado en: Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science, Edición 6, 2026, Página(s) 100758, ISSN 2667-1743
Editor: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2026.100758

Reproducible stability of verbal and spatial functions along the menstrual cycle

Autores: Belinda Pletzer, Hannah Bodenbach, Marcel Hoehn, Linda Hajdari, Tobias Hausinger, Isabel Noachtar, Adriene M. Beltz
Publicado en: Neuropsychopharmacology, Edición 49, 2024, Página(s) 933-941, ISSN 0893-133X
Editor: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41386-023-01789-9

N-back task revisited: Comparing the neural correlates of updating and interference control

Autores: Esmeralda Hidalgo-Lopez, Isabel Noachtar, Belinda Angela Pletzer
Publicado en: Imaging Neuroscience, Edición 3, 2025, ISSN 2837-6056
Editor: MIT Press
DOI: 10.1162/imag.a.1025

Impairment of Executive Functions in Premenstrual Syndrome: State or Trait?

Autores: Anna Madeleine Gnaiger, Patricia Werlein, Patricia Gruschwitz, Magdalena Siebers, Alina Panzik, Erika Comasco, Esmeralda Hidalgo-Lopez, Belinda Pletzer
Publicado en: Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science, Edición 6, 2026, Página(s) 100730, ISSN 2667-1743
Editor: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2026.100730

Sex and strategy effects on brain activation during a 3D-navigation task.

Autores: Noachtar, I., Harris, T. A., Hidalgo-Lopez, E., & Pletzer, B.
Publicado en: Communications biology, 2022, ISSN 2399-3642
Editor: Nature Publishing group
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03147-9

Editorial: Effects of hormonal contraceptives on the brain

Autores: Belinda Pletzer, Erika Comasco, Esmeralda Hidalgo-Lopez, Agnès Lacreuse, Birgit Derntl
Publicado en: Frontiers in Endocrinology, Edición 14, 2023, ISSN 1664-2392
Editor: Frontiers in endocrinology
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1129203

Book chapters (1)

Menstrual cycle-related changes in the human brain

Autores: Belinda Pletzer, Erika Comasco, Esmeralda Hidalgo-Lopez, Ann-Christin S. Kimmig, Inger Sundström-Poromaa, Birgit Derntl
Publicado en: Encyclopedia of the Human Brain, 2025, Página(s) 604-623
Editor: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-820480-1.00151-0

Other (3)

Spatial and Verbal Performance relates to the Duration of Combined Oral Contraceptive Use, but does not change during the Pill-free Interval?

Autores: Isabel Asar Noachtar, Belinda Pletzer
Publicado en: 2023
Editor: Center for Open Science
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/j4e6w

Genetic contributions to premenstrual symptoms: revisiting the role of the <i>ESR1</i> gene

Autores: Angelika Lahnsteiner, Esmeralda Hidalgo-Lopez, Isabel Noachtar, Tobias Hausinger, Anna Gnaiger, Katrin Griesbach, Diana Scutelnic, Angela Risch, Belinda Angela Pletzer
Publicado en: 2026
Editor: openRxiv
DOI: 10.1101/2025.01.13.25320449

Association and Timing of Changes in Emotion Regulation and Mood along the Menstrual Cycle in Women with Premenstrual Syndrome

Autores: Belinda Pletzer, Anna Gnaiger, Julia Kinzelmann, Patricia Werlein, Livia Rauter, Esmeralda Hidalgo-Lopez
Publicado en: 2026
Editor: openRxiv
DOI: 10.1101/2025.03.18.25324201