article_snippet.sent: A new study has suggested the Pill could shrink parts of the brain that govern a woman's emotions .
article_snippet.sent: scientists in California has found the oral contraceptive shrinks two key regions of the brain, changing the way scientists in California function.
article_snippet.sent: The findings suggest the synthetic hormones found in the Pill cause these alterations in brain structure and function.
article_snippet.sent: Neuroscientists at UCLA examined the brains of 90 women, 44 of whom took the Pill, and 46 who experienced natural cycles.
article_snippet.sent: Neuroscientists at UCLA found the lateral orbitofrontal cortex and the posterior cigulate cortex were thinner in those women taking the contraception.
article_snippet.sent: So it's possible that this change in the lateral orbitofrontal cortex may be related to the emotional changes that some women experience when using birth control pills.'
article_snippet.sent: Researchers said Researchers do not yet know if these changes to the brain are permanent, or if Researchers only last while a woman is taking the Pill.
article_snippet.sent: Scientists at UCLA found the lateral orbitofrontal cortex and the posterior cigulate cortex were thinner in those women taking the contraception.
highlights_snippet.sent: UCLA study found the Pill shrinks two parts of the brain linked to emotion .
  