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The study found that the part of the brain associated with emotion regulation, including fear and anxiety extinction, was thinner in women who used combined oral contraceptives compared to men.
Synthetic hormones in oral contraceptive pills may be impairing fear-regulating processes in women's brains, scientists have found in a study.
The research focused on the impact of combined oral contraceptives (COCs), containing synthetic hormones like estrogen and progestin, on fear-related brain regions and neural circuitry associated with fear processing.