Effect of oral contraceptives on visual evoked potentials in premenopausal females
Keywords:
Visual Evoked Potential, Visual Evoked Response, Menstrual Cycle, Oral Contraceptives
Abstract
Introduction: The sex hormones are not only restricted to the influence the reproductive organs and processes in the female body, but also have great effect on the functioning of the nervous system. Evoked potentials are one of the many electrophysiological parameters, used to assess the neuronal functioning. The aim of this prospective study was to analyze the effects of oral contraceptive pills on the visual evoked potentials in premenopausal females.
Methods: The VEP was measured in 76 females during follicular and luteal phases of their menstrual cycle, and latencies of the three waveforms N70, P100 and N135 were measured. All the subjects were prescribed oral contraceptive pills containing 0.03 mg estradiol and 0.15 levonorgestrel. The VEP latencies were measured again after 4 months of oral contraceptive intake.
Result: The result showed an increase in all the three latencies of VEP waveforms due to oral contraceptive intake. Although the increase in latencies were not significant (P>0.05).
Conclusion: Hence it was concluded that VEP seems to be influenced by the female steroid hormones during the menstrual cycle and also due to oral intake in the form of contraceptives.
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3. Parlee MB. Menstrual rhythms in sensory processes: a review of fluctuations in vision, olfaction, audition, taste and touch. Psychol. Bull. 1983 May;93(3),539-48. [PubMed]
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8. Klaiber EL, Kobayashi Y, Broverman DM. Plasma monoaminoxidase activity in regular menstruating women and in amenorrheic women receiving cyclic treatment with estrogen and progestin. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Catabolism. 1971;33:630-38. [PubMed]
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13. Haggard M and Gaston GB. Changes in auditory perception in the menstrual cycle. Br. J. Audiol. 1978 Nov;12(4):105-18. [PubMed]
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29. McFadden D. Masculinizing effects on otoacoustic emissions and auditory evoked potentials in women using oral contraceptives. Hear Res. 2000 Apr; 142(1-2):23-33. [PubMed]
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DOI: 10.17511/ijmrr.2015.i10.208
Published: 2015-11-30
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singh Rajpoot R, Tandon S, Kumar P, Verma D. Effect of oral contraceptives on visual evoked potentials in premenopausal females. Int J Med Res Rev [Internet]. 2015Nov.30 [cited 2024Dec.22];3(10):1151-6. Available from: https://ijmrr.medresearch.in/index.php/ijmrr/article/view/383
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