Search Results - "Mengelkoch, Summer"
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Longitudinal associations between women’s cycle characteristics and sexual motivation using Flo cycle tracking data
Published in Scientific reports (07-05-2024)“…In the current research, we used data from a sample of 16,327 menstrual cycle tracking app users to examine the association between menstrual cycle…”
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Sex differences in the impact of childhood socioeconomic status on immune function
Published in Scientific reports (10-05-2021)“…Early life stress increases one’s risk for health problems later in life, and many studies find that these effects are sex-differentiated. Here, we examined…”
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Human immune and metabolic biomarker levels, and stress-biomarker associations, differ by season: Implications for biomedical health research
Published in Brain, behavior, & immunity. Health (01-07-2024)“…Although seasonal changes in physiology are well documented, little is known about how human immune and metabolic markers vary across seasons, and no studies…”
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Multi-omics in stress and health research: study designs that will drive the field forward
Published in Stress (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (2024)“…Despite decades of stress research, there still exist substantial gaps in our understanding of how social, environmental, and biological factors interact and…”
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The Stress Phenotyping Framework: A multidisciplinary biobehavioral approach for assessing and therapeutically targeting maladaptive stress physiology
Published in Stress (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (2024)“…Although dysregulated stress biology is becoming increasingly recognized as a key driver of lifelong disparities in chronic disease, we presently have no…”
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Does the Punishment Fit the Crime (and Immune System)? A Potential Role for the Immune System in Regulating Punishment Sensitivity
Published in Frontiers in psychology (22-06-2020)“…Although the criminal justice system is designed around the idea that individuals are invariant in their responses to punishment, research indicates that…”
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Human social genomics: Concepts, mechanisms, and implications for health
Published in Lifestyle medicine (Hoboken, N.J.) (01-04-2023)“…The exciting field of human social genomics provides an evolutionarily informed, multilevel framework for understanding how positive and negative…”
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Tuuned in: use of an online contraceptive decision aid for women increases reproductive self-efficacy and knowledge; results of an experimental clinical trial
Published in BMC Digital Health (18-09-2023)“…Abstract Background Digital decision aids are becoming increasingly common in many areas of healthcare. These aids are designed to involve patients in medical…”
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Moving beyond the mean: Promising research pathways to support a precision medicine approach to hormonal contraception
Published in Frontiers in neuroendocrinology (01-01-2023)“…•Women’s psychological and behavioral responses to HC treatment are often variable.•Research examining only mean HC treatment outcomes mask this…”
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Sex Differences in Stress Susceptibility as a Key Mechanism Underlying Depression Risk
Published in Current psychiatry reports (01-04-2024)“…Purpose of Review Although females are at relatively greater risk for a variety of disorders, including depression, the biological mechanisms underlying this…”
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Incorporating causal inference perspectives into psychoneuroimmunology: A simulation study highlighting concerns about controlling for adiposity in immunopsychiatry
Published in Brain, behavior, and immunity (01-10-2023)“…•The next era of PNI will be defined by success in clinical translation.•Causal inference is a methodological field of inquiry that identifies techniques to…”
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Hormonal contraceptive use is associated with differences in women's inflammatory and psychological reactivity to an acute social stressor
Published in Brain, behavior, and immunity (01-01-2024)“…Women using hormonal contraceptives (HCs) exhibit numerous signs of chronic inflammation, including elevated C-reactive protein levels and greater risk of…”
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Hormonal contraceptive use predicts decreased perseverance and therefore performance on some simple and challenging cognitive tasks
Published in Hormones and behavior (01-03-2020)“…A growing body of research suggests that hormonal contraceptive (HC) use may be associated with lower self-control, as well as structural and functional…”
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The Association Between Progestin Generation in Hormonal Contraceptives and Sociosexuality
Published in Psychoneuroendocrinology (01-07-2023)“…Hormones are important for regulating women’s sexuality. Many women take hormonal contraceptives (HCs) which add synthetic hormones to women’s endocrine…”
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Transcriptional evidence of HPA axis dysregulation in adolescent females: Unique contributions of chronic early-life stressor exposure and maternal depression history
Published in Journal of affective disorders (10-11-2024)“…Depression risk increases dramatically for adolescent females following the pubertal transition. Although chronic early-life stressor exposure and a maternal…”
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Early life adversity, inflammation, and immune function: An initial test of adaptive response models of immunological programming
Published in Development and psychopathology (01-05-2022)“…Much research indicates that exposure to early life adversity (ELA) predicts chronic inflammatory activity, increasing one's risk of developing diseases of…”
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Exploring the links between personality and immune function
Published in Personality and individual differences (01-01-2022)“…Decades of research finds associations between personality traits and health. In recent years, it has become clear that the activities of the immune system…”
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Distressed About the Stress Response: Associations Between Hormonal Contraceptive Use, Women’s Stress Response, Inflammation, and Mood
Published 01-01-2022“…Research finds women using hormonal contraceptives (HCs) exhibit a blunted cortisol response to psychosocial stress, which could have detrimental effects on…”
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More than just a pretty face? The relationship between immune function and perceived facial attractiveness
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (23-02-2022)“…It has long been hypothesized that attractiveness provides a cue to a target's health and immunocompetence. However, much of the research testing this…”
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Longitudinal changes in sexual desire and attraction among women who started using the Natural Cycles app
Published in Hormones and behavior (01-06-2024)“…Many women experience sexual side effects, such as decreased libido, when taking hormonal contraceptives (HCs). However, little is known about the extent to…”
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