>The study involved scanning a 26-year-old’s brain 40 times in 30 days. Each magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan was collected at either 7 a.m. or 8 p.m., which is when levels of steroid hormones — namely, testosterone, cortisol and estradiol — are at their highest and lowest, respectively.
>It’s also key to note that this pattern was seen in only one person’s brain, and different patterns may emerge in different people.
DistortoiseLP on
>However, it’s not yet clear whether the hormones drive the brain changes, the study authors wrote in a report published Wednesday.
I think it’s reasonable to assume that the many changes “synced” my your sleep cycle may not share a causative relationship. These could just be two separate ways being awake generates wear and waste throughout the body that sleep corrects for the next day.
StrivingToBeDecent on
I don’t know about the daily hormone cycle, but I can confirm the brain shrinkage.
Morgenstern66 on
As if we guys didn’t use “shrinkage” as enough of a crutch already.
Ambitious-Pirate-505 on
It’s one person. Not a full study.
Shumina-Ghost on
Hell of a sample size there.
luckyguy25841 on
So they found some 26 year old kid and scanned the shit out of his brain for 30 consecutive days? Does that guy have brain cancer now?
NickFF2326 on
Would love to be observed and everything that I do or happens to me become like…the standard
3DIGI on
Let’s announce the results as an effect had on every man on earth before determining whether this individual is an anomaly. That strategy went really well in the past. /s
p73376 on
It shrinks?
jxj24 on
And returns to normal size by morning, right?
Right???
RyukHunter on
I know it needs to be studied a lot more but is it something that can be used to manipulate sperm production?
cnuenke on
It does explain a few things about men
Prof_Acorn on
If the study is one person, the title should not be in the plural.
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>The study involved scanning a 26-year-old’s brain 40 times in 30 days. Each magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan was collected at either 7 a.m. or 8 p.m., which is when levels of steroid hormones — namely, testosterone, cortisol and estradiol — are at their highest and lowest, respectively.
>It’s also key to note that this pattern was seen in only one person’s brain, and different patterns may emerge in different people.
>However, it’s not yet clear whether the hormones drive the brain changes, the study authors wrote in a report published Wednesday.
I think it’s reasonable to assume that the many changes “synced” my your sleep cycle may not share a causative relationship. These could just be two separate ways being awake generates wear and waste throughout the body that sleep corrects for the next day.
I don’t know about the daily hormone cycle, but I can confirm the brain shrinkage.
As if we guys didn’t use “shrinkage” as enough of a crutch already.
It’s one person. Not a full study.
Hell of a sample size there.
So they found some 26 year old kid and scanned the shit out of his brain for 30 consecutive days? Does that guy have brain cancer now?
Would love to be observed and everything that I do or happens to me become like…the standard
Let’s announce the results as an effect had on every man on earth before determining whether this individual is an anomaly. That strategy went really well in the past. /s
It shrinks?
And returns to normal size by morning, right?
Right???
I know it needs to be studied a lot more but is it something that can be used to manipulate sperm production?
It does explain a few things about men
If the study is one person, the title should not be in the plural.
Explains the intensity of morning wood