18 min

“The Change Is Gonna Come” - Menopause and the Brain This Is Your Brain With Dr. Phil Stieg

    • Science

Menopause can wreak havoc on mood and body temperature as it signals the end of fertility, but some of the biggest changes it causes are in the brain. Emily Jacobs, assistant professor in the department of psychological and brain sciences at UC Santa Barbara, explains how the precipitous decline in estrogen during the "change of life" disrupts the endocrine system and makes a woman's brain more like... a man's! Plus: Hear from real women describing the wide range of effects they experienced.
For more information, transcripts, and all episodes, please visit https://thisisyourbrain.com
 For more about Weill Cornell Medicine Neurological Surgery, please visit https://neurosurgery.weillcornell.org
 

Menopause can wreak havoc on mood and body temperature as it signals the end of fertility, but some of the biggest changes it causes are in the brain. Emily Jacobs, assistant professor in the department of psychological and brain sciences at UC Santa Barbara, explains how the precipitous decline in estrogen during the "change of life" disrupts the endocrine system and makes a woman's brain more like... a man's! Plus: Hear from real women describing the wide range of effects they experienced.
For more information, transcripts, and all episodes, please visit https://thisisyourbrain.com
 For more about Weill Cornell Medicine Neurological Surgery, please visit https://neurosurgery.weillcornell.org
 

18 min

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