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Body / Mind / Stress / Menopause
Welcome to this curated collection of research and resources.
Here you’ll find scientific articles that support women’s health, trauma-informed care, somatic practices, and midlife well-being.
These resources are academic in nature, but they are shared here in the spirit of making knowledge more accessible and supportive for your journey.
Oestrogen, inflammation and cognition (Au et al., 2016, Front. Neuroendocrinol.) → Read on PubMed
17β-Estradiol differentially regulates blood-brain barrier permeability in young and aging female rats (Bake & Sohrabji, 2004, Endocrinology) → Read on PubMed
Agreement between prospective and retrospective measures of childhood maltreatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Baldwin et al., 2019, JAMA Psychiatry) → Read on PubMed
Entry of blood-borne cytokines into the central nervous system: effects on cognitive processes (Banks, Farr & Morley, 2002, Neuroimmunomodulation) → Read on PubMed
Childhood trauma and adulthood inflammation: a meta-analysis of peripheral C-reactive protein, interleukin-6 and tumour necrosis factor-α (Baumeister et al., 2016, Mol. Psychiatry) → Read on PubMed
Ovarian hormones: a long overlooked but critical contributor to cognitive brain structures and function (Beltz & Moser, 2020, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci.) → Read on PubMed
Claudin-5 as a novel estrogen target in vascular endothelium (Burek et al., 2010, ATVB) → Read on PubMed
Psychometric analysis of the selective reminding procedure in a sample from the general elderly population (Burkart & Heun, 2000, Dement. Geriatr. Cogn. Disord.) → Read on PubMed
Evaluating storage, retention, and retrieval in disordered memory and learning (Buschke & Fuld, 1974, Neurology) → Read on PubMed
Adverse childhood experiences and the risk of depressive disorders in adulthood (Chapman et al., 2004, J. Affect. Disord.) → Read on PubMed
Long-lasting effects of prenatal stress on HPA axis and inflammation: a systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis in rodent studies (Creutzberg et al., 2021, Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev.) → Read on PubMed
Elevated inflammation levels in depressed adults with a history of childhood maltreatment (Danese et al., 2008, Arch. Gen. Psychiatry) → Read on PubMed
Modulation of learning and memory by cytokines: signaling mechanisms and long term consequences (Donzis & Tronson, 2014, Neurobiol. Learn. Mem.) → Read on PubMed
Semantic memory and the Hippocampus: revisiting, reaffirming, and extending the reach of their critical relationship (Duff et al., 2020, Front. Hum. Neurosci.) → Read on PubMed
Early-life stress and inflammation: a systematic review of a key experimental approach in rodents (Dutcher et al., 2020, Brain Neurosci Adv.) → Read on PubMed
Trajectories of estradiol and follicle stimulating hormone over the menopause transition and early markers of atherosclerosis after menopause (El Khoudary et al., 2016, Eur. J. Prev. Cardiol.) → Read on PubMed
Neural correlates of verbal working memory: an fMRI meta-analysis (Emch et al., 2019, Front. Hum. Neurosci.) → Read on PubMed
Adverse childhood experiences and risk for first-episode major depression during the menopause transition (Epperson et al., 2017, J. Clin. Psychiatry) → Read on PubMed
Menopause effects on verbal memory: findings from a longitudinal community cohort (Epperson, Sammel & Freeman, 2013, J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab.) → Read on PubMed
Relationship of childhood abuse and household dysfunction to many of the leading causes of death in adults: the ACE study (Felitti et al., 1998, Am. J. Prev. Med.) → Read on PubMed
Anxiety as a risk factor for menopausal hot flashes: evidence from the Penn Ovarian Aging cohort (Freeman & Sammel, 2016, Menopause) → Read on PubMed
Associations of hormones and menopausal status with depressed mood in women with no history of depression (Freeman et al., 2006, Arch. Gen. Psychiatry) → Read on PubMed
A longitudinal study of cognition change during early menopausal transition in a rural community (Fuh et al., 2006, Maturitas) → Read on PubMed
Relation of demographic and lifestyle factors to symptoms in a multi-racial/ethnic population of women 40–55 Years of age (Gold et al., 2000, Am. J. Epidemiol.) → Read on PubMed
Defining menopause status: creation of a new definition to identify the early changes of the menopausal transition (Gracia et al., 2005, Menopause) → Read on PubMed
Effects of the menopause transition and hormone use on cognitive performance in midlife women (Greendale et al., 2009, Neurology) → Read on PubMed
Structural variations in prefrontal cortex mediate the relationship between early childhood stress and spatial working memory (Hanson et al., 2012, J. Neurosci.) → Read on PubMed
Life long endogenous oestrogen exposure and later adulthood cognitive function (Heys et al., 2011, Psychoneuroendocrinology) → Read on PubMed
Child maltreatment and later cognitive functioning: a systematic review (Irigaray et al., 2013, Psicol. Reflexão Crít.) → Read on PubMed
The midlife transition and the risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer Part I: magnitude and mechanisms (Kase et al., 2020, Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol.) → Read on PubMed
Peripheral cytokine and chemokine alterations in depression: a meta-analysis of 82 studies (Köhler et al., 2017, Acta Psychiatr. Scand.) → Read on PubMed
Low-dose endotoxemia and human neuropsychological functions (Krabbe et al., 2005, Brain Behav. Immun.) → Read on PubMed
Early life stress sensitizes individuals to the psychological correlates of mild fluctuations in inflammation (Kuhlman et al., 2020, Dev. Psychobiol.) → Read on PubMed
Verbal memory and menopause (Maki, 2015, Maturitas) → Read on PubMed
Child abuse is related to inflammation in mid-life women: role of obesity (Matthews et al., 2014, Brain Behav. Immun.) → Read on PubMed
Influences of the menopause transition and adverse childhood experiences on peripheral basal inflammatory markers (Metcalf et al., 2021, Brain Behav. Immunity Health) → Read on PubMed
Clustering of depression and inflammation in adolescents previously exposed to childhood adversity (Miller & Cole, 2012, Biol. Psychiatry) → Read on PubMed
Cognitive symptoms during the menopausal transition and early postmenopause (Mitchell & Woods, 2011, Climacteric) → Read on PubMed
Association of childhood trauma exposure with inflammatory biomarkers among midlife women (Nguyen & Thurston, 2020, J. Womens Health) → Read on PubMed
Prevalence of low-grade inflammation in depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of CRP levels (Osimo et al., 2019, Psychol. Med.) → Read on PubMed
Exposure to childhood trauma is associated with altered n-back activation and performance in healthy adults (Philip et al., 2016, Brain Imaging Behav.) → Read on PubMed
Oestrogen action in neuroprotection and brain inflammation (Pozzi et al., 2006, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci.) → Read on PubMed
Brain-immune communication pathways (Quan & Banks, 2007, Brain Behav. Immun.) → Read on PubMed
Cytokine-associated emotional and cognitive disturbances in humans (Reichenberg et al., 2001, Arch. Gen. Psychiatry) → Read on PubMed
Sex differences in episodic memory in early midlife: impact of reproductive aging (Rentz et al., 2017, Menopause) → Read on PubMed
Long term effects of early adversity on cognitive function (Richards & Wadsworth, 2004, Arch. Dis. Child.) → Read on PubMed
Adverse childhood environment and late-life cognitive functioning (Ritchie et al., 2011, Int. J. Geriatr. Psychiatr.) → Read on PubMed
The role of oestrogen in brain and cognitive aging (Russell et al., 2019, Neurotherapeutics) → Read on PubMed
Life-time oestrogen exposure and cognitive functioning in later life (Ryan et al., 2009, Psychoneuroendocrinology) → Read on PubMed
Subjective cognitive complaints at menopause associated with declines in performance of verbal memory and attentional processes (Schaafsma et al., 2010, Climacteric) → Read on PubMed
Executive function after risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers (Shanmugan et al., 2020, Menopause) → Read on PubMed
Hippocampal-prefrontal interactions in cognition, behavior and psychiatric disease (Sigurdsson & Duvarci, 2016, Front. Syst. Neurosci.) → Read on PubMed
Acute transient cognitive dysfunction and acute brain injury induced by systemic inflammation (Skelly et al., 2019, Mol. Psychiatry) → Read on PubMed
Guarding the blood–brain barrier: a role for oestrogen in the etiology of neurodegenerative disease (Sohrabji, 2018, Gene Expr.) → Read on PubMed
Executive summary: stages of reproductive aging workshop (STRAW) (Soules et al., 2001, Climacteric) → Read on PubMed
Speroff's Clinical Gynecologic Endocrinology and Infertility (Taylor, Pal & Sell, 2019, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins) → Read on PubMed
Childhood maltreatment is associated with reduced volume in the hippocampal subfields (Teicher et al., 2012, PNAS) → Read on PubMed
Systemic inflammation and cognition in the elderly (Trollor & Agars, 2010, In: Neuropsychiatric Disorders) → Read on PubMed
CRP, IL-6 and depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies (Valkanova et al., 2013, J. Affect. Disord.) → Read on PubMed
Cognition and mood in perimenopause: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Weber, Maki & McDermott, 2014, J. Steroid Biochem. Mol. Biol.) → Read on PubMed
Reconciling subjective memory complaints with objective memory performance in the menopausal transition (Weber et al., 2012, Menopause) → Read on PubMed
Prenatal stressors in rodents: effects on behavior (Weinstock, 2016, Neurobiol Stress) → Read on PubMed
Immune modulation of learning, memory, neural plasticity and neurogenesis (Yirmiya & Goshen, 2011, Brain Behav. Immun.) → Read on PubMed
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