ArticleBrain sciences2020
Menstrual Cycle Modulates Motor Learning and Memory Consolidation in Humans.
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- Physiological Mechanisms in Pregnancy and Their Relevance to the Clinical Management of Perinatal Mental Illness.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Cognitive variability across the menstrual cycle in adolescent girls with ADHD: clinical profiles from a cluster analysis.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- Manual dexterity characteristics throughout the menstrual cycle in healthy female dentists: An observational study.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2024Article
- Identification of a Hippocampus-to-Zona Incerta Projection involved in Motor Learning.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024Article
- Fluctuation of fine motor skills throughout the menstrual cycle in women.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Influence of the Menstrual Cycle and Training on the Performance of a Perturbed Single-Leg Squatting Task in Female Collegiate Athletes.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2024Article
- Microstructural dynamics of motor learning and sleep-dependent consolidation: A diffusion imaging study.iScience · 2023Article
- Biomarkers for rapid H-reflex operant conditioning among females.Journal of neurophysiology · 2023Article
- Does Motor Memory Reactivation through Practice and Post-Learning Sleep Modulate Consolidation?Clocks & sleep · 2023Article
- Influence of Heat Exposure on Motor Control Performance and Learning as Well as Physiological Responses to Visuomotor Accuracy Tracking Task.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Cycling Brain in the Workplace: Does Workload Modulate the Menstrual Cycle Effect on Cognition?Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2022Article
- The Specificities of Elite Female Athletes: A Multidisciplinary Approach.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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Abstract
Numerous studies have noted that sex and/or menstrual phase influences cognitive performance (in particular, declarative memory), but the effects on motor learning (ML) and procedural memory/consolidation remain unclear. In order to test the hypothesis that ML differs across menstrual cycle phases, initial ML, overlearning, consolidation, and final performance were assessed in women in the follicular, preovulation and luteal phases. Primary motor cortex (M1) oscillations were assessed neuro-physiologically, and premenstrual syndrome and interoceptive awareness scores were assessed psychologically. We found not only poorer performance gain through initial ML but also lower final performance after overlearning a day and a week later in the luteal group than in the ovulation group. This behavioral difference could be explained by particular premenstrual syndrome symptoms and associated failure of normal M1 excitability in the luteal group. In contrast, the offline effects, i.e., early and late consolidation, did not differ across menstrual cycle phases. These results provide information regarding the best time in which to start learning new sensorimotor skills to achieve expected gains.
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