Month: August 2015

  • Sex-Steroid Hormone Manipulation Reduces Brain Response to Reward

    Neuropsychopharmacology. 2016 Mar;41(4):1057-65. doi: 10.1038/npp.2015.236. Epub 2015 Aug 6. ABSTRACT Mood disorders are twice as frequent in women than in men. Risk mechanisms for major depression include adverse responses to acute changes in sex-steroid hormone levels, eg, postpartum in women. Such adverse responses may involve an altered processing of rewards. Here, we examine how women’s…