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  1. Brain activity during a post-stress working memory task differs between the hormone-present and hormone-absent phase of hormonal contraception

    Article • Neurobiology of Stress, November 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Alexandra Ycaza Herrera

  2. Hormonal contraceptive phases matter: Resting-state functional connectivity of emotion-processing regions under stress

    Article • Neurobiology of Stress, November 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Alexandra Ycaza Herrera

  3. The stress response during hormonal birth control use.

    Article • Neurobiology of Stress, February 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Alexandra Ycaza Herrera

  4. The gist and details of sex differences in cognition and the brain: How parallels in sex differences across domains are shaped by the locus coeruleus and catecholamine systems

    Article • Progress in Neurobiology, May 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Alexandra Ycaza Herrera

  5. Estrogen treatment after menopause limits negative effects of stress on cognition

    Article • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, November 2017, Endocrine Society

    Dr Mara Mather, Dr Alexandra Ycaza Herrera

  6. Stress-induced increases in progesterone and cortisol in naturally cycling women

    Article • Neurobiology of Stress, June 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Alexandra Ycaza Herrera

  7. Review of estrogen and stress hormone interactions in women

    Article • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, August 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Mara Mather, Dr Alexandra Ycaza Herrera

  8. Association learning for emotional harbinger cues: When do previous emotional associations impair and when do they facilitate subsequent learning of new associations?

    Article • Emotion, January 2014, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Mara Mather, Dr Alexandra Ycaza Herrera