Facial emotion recognition and amygdala activation are associated with menstrual cycle phase.
Facial emotion recognition and amygdala activation are associated with menstrual cycle phase.
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DOI：
10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.04.014
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发表时间：
2008-09
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Habel U
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作者：
Derntl B;Windischberger C;Robinson S;Lamplmayr E;Kryspin-Exner I;Gur RC;Moser E;Habel U
越来越多的证据表明，月经周期和荷尔蒙水平会影响情绪行为，尤其是面部情绪识别。在这里，我们探讨了两组健康年轻女性在显性情绪识别任务中卵巢激素水平和杏仁核激活的关系：一组在卵泡期（n = 11）测量，另一组在黄体期（n = 11）测量。使用3T扫描仪结合专门优化的方案来可靠地检测杏仁核激活，我们发现在卵泡期女性的杏仁核激活明显更强。同时，在卵泡期，情绪识别表现明显更好。我们观察到黄体酮水平与杏仁核对恐惧、悲伤和中性面孔的反应之间存在显著的负相关，进一步支持了月经周期中激素变化对行为和神经反应的显著调节。从进化的角度来看，卵巢激素水平对情绪处理和重要的神经关联杏仁核的显著影响可能使女性在卵泡期具有更高的社会敏感性，从而促进社会情绪行为（和社会互动），这可能也促进了交配行为。
Converging evidence has accumulated that menstrual cycle and thus hormonal levels can affect emotional behavior, in particular facial emotion recognition. Here we explored the association of ovarian hormone levels and amygdala activation during an explicit emotion recognition task in two groups of healthy young females: one group was measured while in their follicular phase (n = 11) and the other during their luteal phase (n = 11). Using a 3T scanner in combination with a protocol specifically optimized to reliably detect amygdala activation we found significantly stronger amygdala activation in females during their follicular phase. Also, emotion recognition performance was significantly better in the follicular phase. We observed significant negative correlations between progesterone levels and amygdala response to fearful, sad and neutral faces, further supporting a significant modulation of behavior and neural response by hormonal changes during the menstrual cycle. From an evolutionary point of view this significant influence of ovarian hormone level on emotion processing and an important neural correlate, the amygdala, may enable a higher social sensitivity in females during their follicular phase, thus facilitating socio-emotional behavior (and social interaction) which may possibly facilitate mating behavior as well.
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影响因子：
3.5
作者：
Derntl, Birgit;Kryspin-Exner, Ilse;Habel, Ute
通讯作者：
Habel, Ute
影响因子：
5.3
作者：
Goldstein, JM;Jerram, M;Makris, N
通讯作者：
Makris, N
DOI：
10.1530/acta.0.1290121
发表时间：
1993-08-01
期刊：
ACTA ENDOCRINOLOGICA
影响因子：
--
作者：
JOHNSON, MR;CARTER, G;LIGHTMAN, SL
通讯作者：
LIGHTMAN, SL
影响因子：
3.4
作者：
Andreen, Lotta;Sundstrom-Poromaa, Inger;Backstrom, Torbjorn
通讯作者：
Backstrom, Torbjorn
影响因子：
2.6
作者：
Habel, Ute;Windischberger, Christian;Moser, Ewald
通讯作者：
Moser, Ewald