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Science 23 April 1971:
Vol. 172. no. 3981, pp. 388 - 391
DOI: 10.1126/science.172.3981.388
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EEG Responses in Regularly Menstruating Women and in Amenorrheic Women Treated with Ovarian Hormones

William Vogel 1, Donald M. Broverman 1, and Edward L. Klaiber 2

1 Department of Psychology, Worcester State Hospital, Worcester, Massachusetts 01604
2 Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts 01545

Electroencephalographic driving reponses to photic stimulation vary with the menstrual cycle and with manipulations of ovarian hormones thought to control the menstrual cycle. Estrogens reduce driving responses to photic stimulation, and estrogen plus progesterone enhance these responses. The electroencephalographic changes may reflect the effects of gonadal steroid hormones upon central adrenergic processes.


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