How Women’s Brains Respond To Visual Food Cues May Vary During Menstrual Cycle Phase

reports that in women who are healthy, “the regions of the brain associated with reward, behavior and emotions responded differently to visual food cues during the luteal phase vs. the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle,” researchers found in a study involving 32 women. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain was used in the study. The findings were published online in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. https://www.healio.com/endocrinology/neuroendocrinology/news/in-the-journals/%7Bc3e064e8-da7a-4657-8e49-93be3bc03fdf%7D/menstrual-cycle-phase-may-influence-brain-response-to-visual-food-cues