{"id":263040,"date":"2024-10-23T17:19:32","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T17:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/23\/neuroscientist-finds-her-brain-shrinks-while-taking-birth-control\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:10:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:10:45","slug":"neuroscientist-finds-her-brain-shrinks-while-taking-birth-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/23\/neuroscientist-finds-her-brain-shrinks-while-taking-birth-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Neuroscientist finds her brain shrinks while taking birth control"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Before now, no one had studied the brain before, during and after taking hormonal birth control<\/p>\n

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The largest brain imaging study of a woman to date shows that hormonal birth control can decrease brain volume \u2013 though it isn\u2019t clear what effect, if any, this has on brain function.<\/p>\n

Hormonal contraceptives have been around since the 1960s. Yet scientists only began investigating their potential effects<\/a> on the brain in the past decade or two, says Carina Heller<\/a> at the University of Minnesota. Previous studies have shown differences in brain volume<\/a> between women who take hormonal contraceptives\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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