Pletzer B
ORCID: 0000-0002-7277-0923
· 3 papers in corpus
review
2026
Hormonal contraceptives (HCs) contain synthetic gonadal hormones that act on receptors widely distributed throughout the brain, thereby altering the body's endogenous hormonal milieu in ways that may influence brain and behavior. Although H…
other
2023
The neuroscience of hormonal contraceptives is a vital but relatively new field. Existing studies are limited in size and scope, but they nonetheless highlight that the effects of hormonal contraceptives on the nervous system are complex an…
observational
2022
Prospective randomized controlled trials on hormonal contraceptive (HC) effects on the brain are rare due to a number of methodological challenges. Thus, much of the evidence on HC effects on the brain comes from cross-sectional studies com…