Carina Heller, Ph.D.

Hormonal milieu influences whole-brain structural dynamics across the menstrual cycle using dense sampling in multiple individuals - Nature Neuroscience Heller et al. showed dense longitudinal imaging in four females, including one with endometriosis and one using oral contraceptives, and the finding that different hormonal milieus influence widespread brain volume changes linked to progesterone or estradiol.

Hormonal milieu influences whole-brain structural dynamics across the menstrual cycle using dense sampling in multiple individuals

@carinaheller.bsky.social, @uni-jena.de,
@umn-midb.bsky.social, @icsantabarbara.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🌊 Carina Heller & co explored brain volume changes across typical and atypical menstrual cycles. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

When @laurapritschet.bsky.social & Pavel Shapturenka set out to build the 28&Me + 28&He datasets, I don't think any of us could've predicted the spectacularly creative ways the datasets would be used years later. That's the power of open science. 👇🏼

Thrilled to share that I have been awarded a @bbrfoundation.bsky.social Young Investigator Grant!

Modulating salience network connectivity through olfactory nerve stimulation - Translational Psychiatry Translational Psychiatry - Modulating salience network connectivity through olfactory nerve stimulation

🧠 Modulating salience network connectivity through olfactory nerve stimulation. Now out in Translational Psychiatry!

👉 Check out the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Stay tuned for the irregular cycles movement!!!

The beginning of the irregular cycles movement!! Get round it!☺️🧠💪🏼

Thank you to @drerynnchristensen.bsky.social @ellemurata.bsky.social @npetersen.bsky.social for making this happen! What a dream team 🫶💕

Why menstrual cycle irregularities belong in brain research - Nature Medicine The menstrual cycle requires tight orchestration between the brain and body, and irregularities can be both the cause and the consequence of wide-ranging health issues. Embracing this complexity, inst...

We wrote a piece for @naturemedicine.bsky.social 🧠

Menstrual cycle irregularities can be both cause and consequence of wide-ranging health issues.
Embracing this complexity could reveal novel brain–body interactions and advance neuroscience.

Check out our commentary www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Argh, I can’t believe I am missing this! Enjoy 😍😍

Thank you 🙏🫶

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to present our research on the impact of hormonal contraceptives intake on brain structure in an adolescent sample 🫶

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Dose, scan, repeat: Tracking the neurological effects of oral contraceptives We know little about how the brain responds to oral contraceptives, despite their widespread use. I am committed to changing that: I scanned my brain 75 times over the course of a year and plan to…

To better understand how oral contraceptives affect the brain, neuroscientist Carina Heller volunteered herself as a subject. She plans to make her data—from her many brain scans, blood tests and more—openly available.
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