Mid-Luteal Olfactory Abilities Reveal Healthy Women's Emotional and Cognitive Functions

F Yao, K Chen, Y Zhuang, X Shen… - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Ovarian hormones modulate women's physical and psychological states periodically.
Although the olfactory function is increasingly recognized as a reflection of physical and …

[PDF][PDF] Menstrual cycle-modulated intrinsic connectivity enhances olfactory performance during periovulatory period

YT Chao, TY Hong, JC Hsieh - Rhinology, 2023 - researchgate.net
Background: Olfactory capacity increases during the period of ovulation, perhaps as an
adjunct to mate selection; however, researchers have yet to elucidate the neural …

Olfactory information processing during the course of the menstrual cycle

BM Pause, B Sojka, K Krauel, G Fehm-Wolfsdorf… - Biological …, 1996 - Elsevier
In the present study we examined whether olfactory information processing depends on the
phase of the menstrual cycle. Five female subjects were investigated during three phases …

Unexplained repeated pregnancy loss is associated with altered perceptual and brain responses to men's body-odor

L Rozenkrantz, R Weissgross, T Weiss, I Ravreby… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Mammalian olfaction and reproduction are tightly linked, a link less explored in humans.
Here, we asked whether human unexplained repeated pregnancy loss (uRPL) is associated …

Facial emotion recognition and amygdala activation are associated with menstrual cycle phase

B Derntl, C Windischberger, S Robinson… - …, 2008 - Elsevier
Converging evidence has accumulated that menstrual cycle and thus hormonal levels can
affect emotional behavior, in particular facial emotion recognition. Here we explored the …

Does emotion recognition change across phases of the ovulatory cycle?

Y Rafiee, J Stern, J Ostner, L Penke… - Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2023 - Elsevier
Recognizing emotions is an essential ability for successful interpersonal interaction. Prior
research indicates some links between the endocrine system and emotion recognition …

Women have reduced ability to discriminate body odors during the withdrawal period of oral contraception

Y Endevelt–Shapira, L Pinchover, O Perl, E Bar… - Chemosensory …, 2020 - Springer
Introduction Women's olfactory perception varies across the menstrual cycle. The influence
of oral contraceptives on this variability remains unclear. Methods To further estimate this …

Association between subjective olfactory dysfunction and female hormone-related factors in South Korea

K Lee, IH Choi, SH Lee, TH Kim - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
An association between olfactory dysfunction and female hormone level has been reported;
however, no previous studies have investigated the correlation with life-long female …

No evidence for a role of oral contraceptive-Use in emotion recognition but higher negativity bias in early follicular women

ACS Kimmig, JA Bischofberger… - Frontiers in Behavioral …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Accuracy in facial emotion recognition has shown to vary with ovarian hormones, both in
naturally cycling women, as well as in women taking oral contraceptives. It remains …

Lower olfactory threshold during the ovulatory phase of the menstrual cycle

E Navarrete-Palacios, R Hudson, G Reyes-Guerrero… - Biological …, 2003 - Elsevier
We investigated whether olfactory detection threshold is correlated with phase of the
menstrual cycle. Three hundred and thirty-two women 13–49 years old were tested once …