Menopause And Brain

New researches has been done on menopause and led to the conclusion that menopause starts in the brain.

The North American Menopausal Society consider a woman menopausal when she didn't had her period for 12 consecutive months. The most frequent menopause symptoms are hot flashes, depression, anxiety, fatigue, mood swings,insomnia, joint pain, loss of sex drive, all caused by hormonal fluctuations.

Menopause caught the attention of doctors, scientists and researchers, because of the multitude of real biochemical changes that take place in a woman's body when she stops menstruating. Beginning to understand how these changes happen is a big step in trying to find more effective treatment solutions.

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It is well known that the menopause symptoms are causes by the hormonal imbalance. The ovaries don't produce enough sex hormones estrogen and progesterone, and this is how all the menopausal problems start. But new researches suggest that menopause symptoms, at least some of them, are not only ovarian, they also start in the brain.

Researchers studied the fact that in some cases the pituitary gland and the hypothalamus stop reacting normally to estrogen.

The pituitary gland is a small gland that lies at the base of the brain. It is sometimes called the master gland of the body because all the other endocrine glands depend on its secretions for stimulation. The hypothalamus is also located in the lower part of the brain and its role is to regulate and control the pituitary gland to release hormones. Researchers suggest that at menopause these glands are not working properly, developing a reduced sensitivity to estrogen.

These findings certainly lead the way to further research that will help doctors determine what type of menopause a woman will experience and prescribe her non estrogen medication to reduce menopausal symptoms, as she approaches this stage in her life.

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