Pletzer B

ORCID: 0000-0002-7277-0923 · 3 papers in corpus
2026
Adolescent Hormonal Contraceptive Use in the Context of Brain Development and Depression Risk: A Review and Considerations for Future Research.
Biological psychiatry global open science ·doi:10.1016/j.bpsgos.2026.100758

Hormonal contraceptives (HCs) contain synthetic gonadal hormones that act on receptors widely distributed throughout the brain, thereby altering the body's endogenous hormonal milieu in ways that may influence brain and behavior. Although H…

2023
Towards a more comprehensive neuroscience of hormonal contraceptives.
Nature neuroscience ·doi:10.1038/s41593-023-01273-z
2022
Weak associations between personality and contraceptive choice.
Frontiers in neuroscience ·doi:10.3389/fnins.2022.898487

Prospective randomized controlled trials on hormonal contraceptive (HC) effects on the brain are rare due to a number of methodological challenges. Thus, much of the evidence on HC effects on the brain comes from cross-sectional studies com…