tl;dr article describing a study [0] by Peyrot,C, Brouillard,A, et al comparing the ventromedial prefrontal cortex volume between the brains of { women using, w

tl;dr article describing a study [0] by Peyrot,C, Brouillard,A, et al comparing the ventromedial prefrontal cortex volume between the brains of { women using, women abstaining from, women who never used, men } oral contraceptives. They found reduced volume in the brains of women using contraceptives and some amount of recovery in women abstaining. The linked article is ambiguous about whether the effect dampens or increases fear, but the study indicates a correlation between hormonal contraceptives and higher stress. [0] https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85127745104&origin=inward&txGid=31e4a657f73c585e63276d2a28dc747f https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-8512774... [1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0005796720300668?via%3Dihub https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00057...