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- Title
Diurnal Fluctuations in Steroid Hormones Tied to Variation in Intrinsic Functional Connectivity in a Densely Sampled Male.
- Authors
Grotzinger, Hannah; Pritschet, Laura; Shapturenka, Pavel; Santander, Tyler; Murata, Elle M.; Jacobs, Emily G.
- Abstract
Most of mammalian physiology is under the control of biological rhythms, including the endocrine system with time-varying hormone secretion. Precision neuroimaging studies provide unique insights into how the endocrine system dynamically regulates aspects of the human brain. Recently, we established estrogen's ability to drive widespread patterns of connectivity and enhance the global efficiency of large-scale brain networks in a woman sampled every 24 h across 30 consecutive days, capturing a complete menstrual cycle. Steroid hormone production also follows a pronounced sinusoidal pattern, with a peak in testosterone between 6 and 7 A.M. and nadir between 7 and 8 P.M. To capture the brain's response to diurnal changes in hormone production, we carried out a companion precision imaging study of a healthy adult man who completed MRI and venipuncture every 12-24 h across 30 consecutive days. Results confirmed robust diurnal fluctuations in testosterone, 17ß-estradiol--the primary form of estrogen--and cortisol. Standardized regression analyses revealed widespread associations between testosterone, estradiol, and cortisol concentrations and whole-brain patterns of coherence. In particular, functional connectivity in the Dorsal Attention Network was coupled with diurnally fluctuating hormones. Further, comparing dense-sampling datasets between a man and a naturally cycling woman revealed that fluctuations in sex hormones are tied to patterns of whole-brain coherence in both sexes and to a heightened degree in the male. Together, these findings enhance our understanding of steroid hormones as rapid neuromodulators and provide evidence that diurnal changes in steroid hormones are associated with patterns of whole-brain functional connectivity.
- Subjects
STEROID hormones; LARGE-scale brain networks; FUNCTIONAL connectivity; SEX hormones; ENDOCRINE system; LARVAL dispersal; VOXEL-based morphometry
- Publication
Journal of Neuroscience, 2024, Vol 44, Issue 22, p1
- ISSN
0270-6474
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1856-23.2024