Brain flip helps to relieve pre-menstrual stress - life - 19 November 2008 - New Scientist

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The female brain has a clever way of mitigating the stress experienced during menstruation: it flip-flops.

The region of the brain used for coping with stress flips to the opposite side of the brain during a woman's period - from an area linked to negative emotion to one that usually deals with cheerier thoughts.

Such a change could help women cope with the hormonal maelstrom going on in their bodies without causing huge behavioural shifts. Oestrogen levels levels, in particular, plummet around menstruation.

The female brain has a clever way of mitigating the stress experienced during menstruation: it flip-flops.

The region of the brain used for coping with stress flips to the opposite side of the brain during a woman's period - from an area linked to negative emotion to one that usually deals with cheerier thoughts.

Such a change could help women cope with the hormonal maelstrom going on in their bodies without causing huge behavioural shifts. Oestrogen levels levels, in particular, plummet around menstruation.

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