{"id":14472,"date":"2025-12-15T10:35:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T13:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fatoelado.com\/?p=14472"},"modified":"2025-12-15T10:35:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T13:35:49","slug":"como-seus-hormonios-podem-controlar-sua-mente","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fatoelado.com\/?p=14472","title":{"rendered":"Como seus horm\u00f4nios podem controlar sua mente"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"content-head__subtitle\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Os horm\u00f4nios influenciam de v\u00e1rias formas o nosso humor e as nossas emo\u00e7\u00f5es. Cientistas procuram estudar os mecanismos envolvidos neste processo para criar novos tratamentos para transtornos como a ansiedade e a depress\u00e3o.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"chunk-eqvsh\">\n<div class=\"row medium-uncollapsed content-media content-photo\" data-block-type=\"backstage-photo\" data-block-id=\"1\">\n<div class=\" mc-column  content-media__container\">\n<div class=\"content-media-container glb-skeleton-box\">\n<figure class=\"content-media-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-g1.glbimg.com\/TEyFKIXEgJxHj7rLosa0veUHxbw=\/0x0:800x450\/984x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2025\/w\/f\/0OXB58TBKBuQyjgSqWSg\/hor.webp\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 648px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s2-g1.glbimg.com\/Yis0lp7df5FtrGDqn2ZrDnA-3pA=\/0x0:800x450\/1000x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2025\/w\/f\/0OXB58TBKBuQyjgSqWSg\/hor.webp 1000w, https:\/\/s2-g1.glbimg.com\/TEyFKIXEgJxHj7rLosa0veUHxbw=\/0x0:800x450\/984x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2025\/w\/f\/0OXB58TBKBuQyjgSqWSg\/hor.webp 984w, https:\/\/s2-g1.glbimg.com\/PMMPwkmiDbqt6N4C_3le4EcxQz4=\/0x0:800x450\/640x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2025\/w\/f\/0OXB58TBKBuQyjgSqWSg\/hor.webp 640w, https:\/\/s2-g1.glbimg.com\/q-m9J7N3FklNkzmyYgPTcmO7FVw=\/0x0:800x450\/600x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2025\/w\/f\/0OXB58TBKBuQyjgSqWSg\/hor.webp 600w\" alt=\"Horm\u00f4nios podem ter efeito poderoso sobre o nosso humor e a nossa sa\u00fade mental. \u2014 Foto: GETTY IMAGES via BBC\" \/>Horm\u00f4nios podem ter efeito poderoso sobre o nosso humor e a nossa sa\u00fade mental. \u2014 Foto: GETTY IMAGES via BBC<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-cvtrm\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"16\" data-block-id=\"2\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Todos n\u00f3s gostamos de pensar que temos nossas emo\u00e7\u00f5es e sentimentos sob controle. Mas ser\u00e1 verdade?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wall protected-content\">\n<div id=\"chunk-fijvr\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"35\" data-block-id=\"4\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Os cientistas sabem, h\u00e1 muito tempo, que mensageiros qu\u00edmicos chamados neurotransmissores exercem enorme influ\u00eancia no nosso c\u00e9rebro. E, quanto mais eles aprendem, mais descobrem que os horm\u00f4nios tamb\u00e9m podem alterar nossa mente de formas inesperadas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-5kf63\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"19\" data-block-id=\"5\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Agora, alguns cientistas tentam aproveitar este conhecimento para descobrir novos tratamentos para condi\u00e7\u00f5es como a depress\u00e3o e a ansiedade.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-cm5ln\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"30\" data-block-id=\"6\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Os horm\u00f4nios s\u00e3o mensageiros qu\u00edmicos liberados por certas gl\u00e2ndulas, \u00f3rg\u00e3os e tecidos. Eles entram no fluxo sangu\u00edneo e viajam atrav\u00e9s do corpo, at\u00e9 se ligarem a receptores em locais espec\u00edficos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-9k6dm\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"19\" data-block-id=\"8\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Esta liga\u00e7\u00e3o age como uma esp\u00e9cie de &#8220;aperto de m\u00e3os&#8221; biol\u00f3gico, que instrui o corpo a tomar determinada a\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-dphgn\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"29\" data-block-id=\"9\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">O horm\u00f4nio conhecido como insulina, por exemplo, orienta o f\u00edgado e as c\u00e9lulas musculares a absorverem o excesso de glicose do sangue e a armazenarem na forma de glicog\u00eanio.<\/p>\n<p data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-5k39t\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles\" data-block-type=\"raw\" data-block-weight=\"5\" data-block-id=\"12\">\n<div class=\"content-intertitle\">\n<h2>O controle invis\u00edvel dos horm\u00f4nios<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-41pmm\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"11\" data-block-id=\"13\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Os cientistas j\u00e1 identificaram mais de 50 horm\u00f4nios no corpo humano.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-hs4f\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"29\" data-block-id=\"14\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Juntos, ele gerenciam centenas de processos do corpo. Eles incluem o crescimento, desenvolvimento, fun\u00e7\u00e3o sexual, reprodu\u00e7\u00e3o, ciclo de sono e vig\u00edlia e o mais importante: seu bem estar mental.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-fc2c4\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles\" data-block-type=\"raw\" data-block-weight=\"24\" data-block-id=\"15\">\n<blockquote class=\"content-blockquote theme-border-color-primary-before\"><p>&#8220;Os horm\u00f4nios realmente afetam o nosso humor e as nossas emo\u00e7\u00f5es&#8221;, afirma a professora de psicologia Nafissa Ismail, da Universidade de Ottawa, no Canad\u00e1.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-5r3n7\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"33\" data-block-id=\"17\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">&#8220;Eles interagem com os neurotransmissores produzidos e liberados em regi\u00f5es espec\u00edficas do c\u00e9rebro e tamb\u00e9m influenciam processos como a morte celular ou a neurog\u00eanese, quando novos neur\u00f4nios nascem ou s\u00e3o criados&#8221;, explica ela.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-pdf0\">\n<div class=\"row medium-uncollapsed content-media content-photo\" data-block-type=\"backstage-photo\" data-block-id=\"18\">\n<div class=\" mc-column  content-media__container\">\n<div class=\"content-media-container glb-skeleton-box\">\n<figure class=\"content-media-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-g1.glbimg.com\/ge7Lo-8oFilHipCq7FHEOjtKN8w=\/0x0:800x450\/984x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2025\/O\/d\/QPx044RNmi6xOm6MGjeQ\/hor-2.webp\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 648px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s2-g1.glbimg.com\/MzC5Lhei2VeLCu-A8M7D1E4E3oE=\/0x0:800x450\/1000x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2025\/O\/d\/QPx044RNmi6xOm6MGjeQ\/hor-2.webp 1000w, https:\/\/s2-g1.glbimg.com\/ge7Lo-8oFilHipCq7FHEOjtKN8w=\/0x0:800x450\/984x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2025\/O\/d\/QPx044RNmi6xOm6MGjeQ\/hor-2.webp 984w, https:\/\/s2-g1.glbimg.com\/wTtRyg8FWv1Ifep5Z4YYXB-ypWY=\/0x0:800x450\/640x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2025\/O\/d\/QPx044RNmi6xOm6MGjeQ\/hor-2.webp 640w, https:\/\/s2-g1.glbimg.com\/8ABrGnZu_zVX5Dc4YQkqyw5kL3k=\/0x0:800x450\/600x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2025\/O\/d\/QPx044RNmi6xOm6MGjeQ\/hor-2.webp 600w\" alt=\"As varia\u00e7\u00f5es hormonais podem trazer muitos efeitos, como dist\u00farbios do ciclo normal do sono. \u2014 Foto: GETTY IMAGES via BBC\" \/>As varia\u00e7\u00f5es hormonais podem trazer muitos efeitos, como dist\u00farbios do ciclo normal do sono. \u2014 Foto: GETTY IMAGES via BBC<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-5aim8\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"29\" data-block-id=\"19\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">A incid\u00eancia de transtornos de sa\u00fade mental, como a depress\u00e3o, ansiedade e transtorno de estresse p\u00f3s-traum\u00e1tico (TEPT), aumenta durante as principais transi\u00e7\u00f5es hormonais. Isso ocorre principalmente entre as mulheres.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-7fgam\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"47\" data-block-id=\"20\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Os \u00edndices de depress\u00e3o s\u00e3o basicamente iguais entre meninos e meninos na inf\u00e2ncia. Mas, na adolesc\u00eancia, as meninas t\u00eam duas vezes mais probabilidade que os meninos de sofrer de depress\u00e3o \u2014 e esta diferen\u00e7a persiste ao longo da vida. Ser\u00e1 que os horm\u00f4nios podem ser a causa?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-3q65m\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"18\" data-block-id=\"22\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Talvez n\u00e3o seja surpresa verificar que, entre as mulheres, os horm\u00f4nios sexuais exercem surpreendente influ\u00eancia sobre o humor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-aeu2o\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"32\" data-block-id=\"23\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Nos dias e semanas antes da menstrua\u00e7\u00e3o, os n\u00edveis de estrog\u00eanio e progesterona caem, o que coincide com sensa\u00e7\u00f5es de irritabilidade, fadiga, tristeza e ansiedade para algumas mulheres \u2014 mas n\u00e3o todas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-cou8i\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"19\" data-block-id=\"24\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Algumas mulheres podem at\u00e9 sofrer de transtorno disf\u00f3rico pr\u00e9-menstrual (TDPM), um grave dist\u00farbio do humor relacionado aos horm\u00f4nios.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-29fa8\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"23\" data-block-id=\"25\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Ele \u00e9 caracterizado por extremas varia\u00e7\u00f5es de humor, ansiedade, depress\u00e3o e, \u00e0s vezes, pensamentos suicidas ao longo das duas semanas anteriores \u00e0 menstrua\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-aj99v\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles\" data-block-type=\"raw\" data-block-weight=\"48\" data-block-id=\"26\">\n<blockquote class=\"content-blockquote theme-border-color-primary-before\"><p>&#8220;Para muitas mulheres com TDPM, este \u00e9 um problema cr\u00f4nico que elas enfrentam todos os meses e pode ter efeito muito profundo sobre a vida das pessoas&#8221;, explica a professora de psiquiatria e ci\u00eancias comportamentais Liisa Hantsoo, da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Johns Hopkins, nos Estados Unidos.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-8s6m6\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles\" data-block-type=\"raw\" data-block-weight=\"3\" data-block-id=\"27\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">\n<div class=\"content-intertitle\">\n<h2>As oscila\u00e7\u00f5es hormonais<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-e2ib1\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"20\" data-block-id=\"28\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Por outro lado, altos n\u00edveis de estrog\u00eanio imediatamente antes da ovula\u00e7\u00e3o foram relacionados a sensa\u00e7\u00f5es de bem estar e felicidade.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-b0161\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"16\" data-block-id=\"29\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Paralelamente, a alopregnanolona, um produto da decomposi\u00e7\u00e3o da progesterona, tamb\u00e9m \u00e9 conhecida pelos seus efeitos calmantes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-1960k\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles\" data-block-type=\"raw\" data-block-weight=\"16\" data-block-id=\"30\">\n<blockquote class=\"content-blockquote theme-border-color-primary-before\"><p>&#8220;Se voc\u00ea fornecer a uma pessoa uma inje\u00e7\u00e3o de alopregnanolona, ela se sentir\u00e1 relaxada&#8221;, afirma Hantsoo.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-30m1o\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"28\" data-block-id=\"31\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">N\u00e3o \u00e9 apenas a &#8220;\u00e9poca do m\u00eas&#8221; que as mulheres precisam enfrentar. Flutua\u00e7\u00f5es hormonais na gravidez, na perimenopausa e na menopausa tamb\u00e9m podem causar estragos na sa\u00fade mental.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-ftml\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"17\" data-block-id=\"33\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">At\u00e9 13% das mulheres que acabaram de dar \u00e0 luz sofrem de depress\u00e3o. Por que isso acontece?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-3i5n3\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"28\" data-block-id=\"34\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Imediatamente ap\u00f3s o parto, as mulheres sofrem uma queda repentina dos horm\u00f4nios progesterona e estrog\u00eanio. E, na perimenopausa, as mulheres tamb\u00e9m podem sofrer dr\u00e1sticas flutua\u00e7\u00f5es dos horm\u00f4nios ovarianos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-af9li\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"42\" data-block-id=\"35\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">&#8220;A quest\u00e3o provavelmente n\u00e3o \u00e9 o n\u00edvel exato de horm\u00f4nios de uma pessoa, mas provavelmente as transi\u00e7\u00f5es, quando a pessoa passa de n\u00edveis baixos para altos ou o contr\u00e1rio&#8221;, explica a professora de psiquiatria Liisa Galea, da Universidade de Toronto, no Canad\u00e1.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-bhfu1\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles\" data-block-type=\"raw\" data-block-weight=\"20\" data-block-id=\"36\">\n<blockquote class=\"content-blockquote theme-border-color-primary-before\"><p>&#8220;Algumas pessoas s\u00e3o mais sens\u00edveis a este tipo de flutua\u00e7\u00e3o, enquanto outras atravessam a menopausa sem nenhum sintoma&#8221;, segundo ela.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-2nb5g\">\n<div class=\"row medium-uncollapsed content-media content-photo\" data-block-type=\"backstage-photo\" data-block-id=\"37\">\n<div class=\" mc-column  content-media__container\">\n<div class=\"content-media-container glb-skeleton-box\">\n<figure class=\"content-media-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-g1.glbimg.com\/Ef8-Q8HWZ_DO-uv5EpwlmYGTKmc=\/0x0:800x450\/984x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2025\/L\/e\/erxWtAQXmGlISIpzFB1Q\/hor-3.webp\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 648px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s2-g1.glbimg.com\/UQJt3iOqg72EJhqWv2QV3GoYeIg=\/0x0:800x450\/1000x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2025\/L\/e\/erxWtAQXmGlISIpzFB1Q\/hor-3.webp 1000w, https:\/\/s2-g1.glbimg.com\/Ef8-Q8HWZ_DO-uv5EpwlmYGTKmc=\/0x0:800x450\/984x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2025\/L\/e\/erxWtAQXmGlISIpzFB1Q\/hor-3.webp 984w, https:\/\/s2-g1.glbimg.com\/ZMGwrz_OEQeJWjHJyJ-uuk34BAU=\/0x0:800x450\/640x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2025\/L\/e\/erxWtAQXmGlISIpzFB1Q\/hor-3.webp 640w, https:\/\/s2-g1.glbimg.com\/qNw8wyAOvRqdxmrLrNdW4LMHOiw=\/0x0:800x450\/600x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2025\/L\/e\/erxWtAQXmGlISIpzFB1Q\/hor-3.webp 600w\" alt=\"Meninos e meninas apresentam n\u00edveis similares de depress\u00e3o at\u00e9 a adolesc\u00eancia. \u2014 Foto: GETTY IMAGES via BBC\" \/>Meninos e meninas apresentam n\u00edveis similares de depress\u00e3o at\u00e9 a adolesc\u00eancia. \u2014 Foto: GETTY IMAGES via BBC<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-234m\">\n<div class=\"content-ads content-ads--reveal\" data-block-type=\"ads\" data-block-id=\"38\">\n<div id=\"banner_materia__536d7d3d-17fc-490a-85fa-5fb80d024719\" class=\"tag-manager-publicidade-container tag-manager-publicidade-banner_materia__536d7d3d-17fc-490a-85fa-5fb80d024719 tag-manager-publicidade-container--carregado tag-manager-publicidade-container--visivel\" data-google-query-id=\"CMfxtYfZv5EDFYqqlQId4qIQJg\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/95377733\/tvg_G1\/Saude_8__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-aom8j\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"6\" data-block-id=\"39\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">E n\u00e3o s\u00e3o apenas as mulheres.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-1dtol\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"25\" data-block-id=\"40\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Os homens tamb\u00e9m sofrem redu\u00e7\u00e3o dos n\u00edveis de testosterona com o avan\u00e7o da idade. Mas esta altera\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e9 gradual e menos pronunciada que nas mulheres.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-doqnf\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"24\" data-block-id=\"41\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Ainda assim, existem evid\u00eancias indicando que mesmo essa pequena altera\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e9 suficiente para causar mudan\u00e7as de humor em alguns homens, mas n\u00e3o em todos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-diak4\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"35\" data-block-id=\"42\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">&#8220;De fato, observamos altera\u00e7\u00f5es de humor em alguns homens \u00e0 medida que os n\u00edveis de testosterona se alteram ao longo da vida&#8221;, afirma Ismail. &#8220;E este certamente \u00e9 um tema que n\u00e3o recebe aten\u00e7\u00e3o suficiente.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-1eku2\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"22\" data-block-id=\"43\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Uma forma em que os horm\u00f4nios sexuais podem influenciar o humor \u00e9 aumentando os n\u00edveis dos neurotransmissores serotonina e dopamina no c\u00e9rebro.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-dm7jt\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"25\" data-block-id=\"44\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Baixos n\u00edveis de serotonina s\u00e3o indicados h\u00e1 muito tempo como causadores da depress\u00e3o e os antidepressivos mais modernos amplificam os n\u00edveis desta subst\u00e2ncia no c\u00e9rebro.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-98qaf\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"23\" data-block-id=\"45\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Evid\u00eancias indicam que certos estrog\u00eanios podem tornar os receptores de serotonina mais reativos e aumentar a quantidade de receptores de dopamina no c\u00e9rebro.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-4a1lj\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"38\" data-block-id=\"46\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Outra teoria diz que o estrog\u00eanio protege os neur\u00f4nios contra les\u00f5es e pode at\u00e9 estimular o crescimento de novos neur\u00f4nios em uma regi\u00e3o do c\u00e9rebro conhecida como hipocampo, cuja influ\u00eancia sobre a mem\u00f3ria e as emo\u00e7\u00f5es \u00e9 conhecida.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-qdq6\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"15\" data-block-id=\"47\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Sabe-se que pessoas com depress\u00e3o e mal de Alzheimer sofrem perda de neur\u00f4nios no hipocampo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-3pceq\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"24\" data-block-id=\"49\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Paralelamente, os antidepressivos e drogas psicod\u00e9licas que melhoram o humor, como psilocibina (encontrada em cogumelos m\u00e1gicos), promovem o crescimento de novos neur\u00f4nios naquela regi\u00e3o.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-3t7u9\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles\" data-block-type=\"raw\" data-block-weight=\"41\" data-block-id=\"50\">\n<blockquote class=\"content-blockquote theme-border-color-primary-before\"><p>&#8220;O estrog\u00eanio \u00e9 neuroprotetor, ou seja, ele promove a neurog\u00eanese&#8221;, segundo Ismail. &#8220;Por isso, quando as mulheres entram na menopausa, observamos este tipo de retra\u00e7\u00e3o dos dendritos [os ramos que se protuberam das c\u00e9lulas nervosas], as proje\u00e7\u00f5es dendr\u00edticas que t\u00ednhamos anteriormente.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-an5iu\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"22\" data-block-id=\"51\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">\u00c9 por este motivo que as mulheres na menopausa, muitas vezes, enfrentam problemas como o nevoeiro cerebral e a perda de mem\u00f3ria.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-c6bm4\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles\" data-block-type=\"raw\" data-block-weight=\"7\" data-block-id=\"52\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">\n<div class=\"content-intertitle\">\n<h2>Quando a rea\u00e7\u00e3o ao estresse d\u00e1 errado<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-7hhca\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"27\" data-block-id=\"53\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">A perda de neur\u00f4nios no hipocampo pode trazer graves consequ\u00eancias para outros sistemas hormonais, como o eixo hipot\u00e1lamo-pituit\u00e1ria-adrenal (HPA), que regula a rea\u00e7\u00e3o do corpo ao estresse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-ehud5\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"37\" data-block-id=\"54\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Quando nos sentimos ansiosos, o hipot\u00e1lamo (a regi\u00e3o do c\u00e9rebro que, em \u00faltima an\u00e1lise, controla a libera\u00e7\u00e3o da maioria dos horm\u00f4nios no corpo) envia um sinal para que a gl\u00e2ndula pituit\u00e1ria libere um horm\u00f4nio chamado adrenocorticotr\u00f3fico (ACTH).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-2h9c8\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"39\" data-block-id=\"55\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">O ACTH estimula as gl\u00e2ndulas adrenais para liberar cortisol, o horm\u00f4nio do estresse. O cortisol instrui o corpo a liberar a\u00e7\u00facar no fluxo sangu\u00edneo, fornecendo ao c\u00e9rebro e ao corpo a energia necess\u00e1ria para agir em caso de emerg\u00eancia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-7osic\">\n<div class=\"row medium-uncollapsed content-media content-photo\" data-block-type=\"backstage-photo\" data-block-id=\"56\">\n<div class=\" mc-column  content-media__container\">\n<div class=\"content-media-container glb-skeleton-box\">\n<figure class=\"content-media-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-g1.glbimg.com\/mddrtFXbvFJ_tJAT333b81MrLc0=\/0x0:800x450\/984x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2025\/O\/k\/vVIxobTLi8nBXZV28MWQ\/hor-4.webp\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 648px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s2-g1.glbimg.com\/44OAJj0hDnxLEH5ffHJjALvxpfk=\/0x0:800x450\/1000x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2025\/O\/k\/vVIxobTLi8nBXZV28MWQ\/hor-4.webp 1000w, https:\/\/s2-g1.glbimg.com\/mddrtFXbvFJ_tJAT333b81MrLc0=\/0x0:800x450\/984x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2025\/O\/k\/vVIxobTLi8nBXZV28MWQ\/hor-4.webp 984w, https:\/\/s2-g1.glbimg.com\/OVtoeSPgvp0YimvrBWoRDcUENyo=\/0x0:800x450\/640x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2025\/O\/k\/vVIxobTLi8nBXZV28MWQ\/hor-4.webp 640w, https:\/\/s2-g1.glbimg.com\/TkKT1dhAYNCyIUR3cHWlS9xCd04=\/0x0:800x450\/600x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2025\/O\/k\/vVIxobTLi8nBXZV28MWQ\/hor-4.webp 600w\" alt=\"A oxitocina, frequentemente chamada de &quot;horm\u00f4nio do amor&quot;, est\u00e1 relacionada aos momentos de uni\u00e3o e se acredita que ela combata alguns dos efeitos do estresse. \u2014 Foto: GETTY IMAGES via BBC\" \/>A oxitocina, frequentemente chamada de &#8220;horm\u00f4nio do amor&#8221;, est\u00e1 relacionada aos momentos de uni\u00e3o e se acredita que ela combata alguns dos efeitos do estresse. \u2014 Foto: GETTY IMAGES via BBC<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-6e94i\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"34\" data-block-id=\"58\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">&#8220;O eixo HPA \u00e9 ativado quando a pessoa est\u00e1 estressada&#8221;, explica Hantsoo. &#8220;A curto prazo, isso \u00e9 ajust\u00e1vel, pois ajuda o corpo a lidar com o estresse. Mas, a longo prazo, pode ser prejudicial.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-4udgk\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"36\" data-block-id=\"59\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Normalmente, o cortisol que invade o nosso corpo deveria ativar um circuito de feedback negativo, fazendo com que o hipocampo oriente o hipot\u00e1lamo a suspender sua comunica\u00e7\u00e3o com a gl\u00e2ndula pituit\u00e1ria, encerrando a rea\u00e7\u00e3o ao estresse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-fa6pp\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"53\" data-block-id=\"60\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Mas, se a pessoa sofrer de estresse cr\u00f4nico (por intimida\u00e7\u00e3o, abuso ou viol\u00eancia, por exemplo), isso n\u00e3o acontece e o c\u00e9rebro \u00e9 inundado por cortisol. E isso \u00e9 ruim, pois, ao longo do tempo, o cortisol causa inflama\u00e7\u00f5es no c\u00e9rebro, matando os neur\u00f4nios do hipocampo e evitando que ele forne\u00e7a aquele feedback negativo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-4r78o\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"29\" data-block-id=\"61\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Al\u00e9m disso, o cortisol pode tamb\u00e9m destruir os neur\u00f4nios em outras regi\u00f5es do c\u00e9rebro, como a am\u00edgdala e o c\u00f3rtex pr\u00e9-frontal, prejudicando a mem\u00f3ria, o humor e a concentra\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-c54ts\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles\" data-block-type=\"raw\" data-block-weight=\"38\" data-block-id=\"62\">\n<blockquote class=\"content-blockquote theme-border-color-primary-before\"><p>&#8220;A am\u00edgdala \u00e9 a regi\u00e3o do c\u00e9rebro que nos permite controlar as emo\u00e7\u00f5es&#8221;, explica Ismail. &#8220;E a perda de volume naquela regi\u00e3o \u00e9 associada ao aumento da emotividade, da irritabilidade e \u00e0 dificuldade de controle dessas emo\u00e7\u00f5es negativas.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-c4mc4\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"32\" data-block-id=\"63\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">&#8220;A atrofia do c\u00f3rtex pr\u00e9-frontal \u00e9 associada \u00e0 dificuldade de concentra\u00e7\u00e3o e \u00e0 tomada de decis\u00f5es corretas no momento certo. E a atrofia do hipocampo \u00e9 associada \u00e0 dificuldade de relembrar informa\u00e7\u00f5es.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-6a9s7\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"34\" data-block-id=\"65\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">O cortisol pode nos deixar estressados, mas a oxitocina, frequentemente conhecida como o &#8220;horm\u00f4nio do amor&#8221;, supostamente faz o contr\u00e1rio. Ela \u00e9 famosa por ajudar a promover sentimentos confort\u00e1veis e difusos, al\u00e9m da gentileza.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-fa8hh\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"25\" data-block-id=\"66\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">A oxitocina \u00e9 liberada durante o parto, a amamenta\u00e7\u00e3o e o orgasmo, mas aparentemente tamb\u00e9m auxilia a forma\u00e7\u00e3o de la\u00e7os entre seres humanos e animais.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-cr4jt\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"24\" data-block-id=\"67\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">&#8220;A oxitocina foi associada \u00e0 conex\u00e3o e \u00e0 sensa\u00e7\u00e3o de liga\u00e7\u00e3o segura&#8221;, prossegue Ismail, &#8220;e, naturalmente, isso ajuda a combater os efeitos do estresse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-7iarq\">\n<div class=\"row medium-uncollapsed content-media content-photo\" data-block-type=\"backstage-photo\" data-block-id=\"68\">\n<div class=\" mc-column  content-media__container\">\n<div class=\"content-media-container glb-skeleton-box\">\n<figure class=\"content-media-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-g1.glbimg.com\/RnzbJCItlSMlAhBPD25W71ThaPU=\/0x0:800x450\/984x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2025\/Q\/j\/VtUxKVSAGFWAQ1MkAFqA\/hor-5.webp\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 648px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s2-g1.glbimg.com\/eZH9TV_nwsn2aMsCB-FTq2iifho=\/0x0:800x450\/1000x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2025\/Q\/j\/VtUxKVSAGFWAQ1MkAFqA\/hor-5.webp 1000w, https:\/\/s2-g1.glbimg.com\/RnzbJCItlSMlAhBPD25W71ThaPU=\/0x0:800x450\/984x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2025\/Q\/j\/VtUxKVSAGFWAQ1MkAFqA\/hor-5.webp 984w, https:\/\/s2-g1.glbimg.com\/h77WmJGsFrbTMmcHu5-ziftR5p8=\/0x0:800x450\/640x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2025\/Q\/j\/VtUxKVSAGFWAQ1MkAFqA\/hor-5.webp 640w, https:\/\/s2-g1.glbimg.com\/motDZO1HEappmY2iJrCsZIhNlBo=\/0x0:800x450\/600x0\/smart\/filters:strip_icc()\/i.s3.glbimg.com\/v1\/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a\/internal_photos\/bs\/2025\/Q\/j\/VtUxKVSAGFWAQ1MkAFqA\/hor-5.webp 600w\" alt=\"Estudos demonstram que a terapia com estrog\u00eanio, incluindo a terapia de reposi\u00e7\u00e3o hormonal (TRH), pode ajudar algumas mulheres a passar pela menopausa. \u2014 Foto: GETTY IMAGES via BBC\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"content-media__description  \">Estudos demonstram que a terapia com estrog\u00eanio, incluindo a terapia de reposi\u00e7\u00e3o hormonal (TRH), pode ajudar algumas mulheres a passar pela menopausa. \u2014 Foto: GETTY IMAGES via BBC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-9cugc\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"25\" data-block-id=\"69\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">&#8220;Quando nos sentimos seguros e percebemos que existe apoio \u00e0 nossa volta, isso reduz os n\u00edveis de cortisol que poder\u00e3o ter aumentado devido ao estresse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-eu3mn\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"25\" data-block-id=\"71\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Estudos demonstraram que a inala\u00e7\u00e3o de um spray nasal de oxitocina torna as pessoas mais generosas, cooperativas, emp\u00e1ticas e mais propensas a confiar em estranhos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-f482t\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"21\" data-block-id=\"72\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Mas nem todos est\u00e3o convencidos desta associa\u00e7\u00e3o. N\u00e3o se demonstrou conclusivamente que a oxitocina pode cruzar a barreira hematoencef\u00e1lica, por exemplo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-ag5ql\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"39\" data-block-id=\"73\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">\u00c9 muito mais aceita a teoria que afirma que o desequil\u00edbrio de dois horm\u00f4nios fundamentais produzidos pela tireoide (uma gl\u00e2ndula em forma de borboleta localizada na garganta) pode causar depress\u00e3o e ansiedade: a tri-iodotironina (T3) e a tiroxina (T4).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-c575b\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"32\" data-block-id=\"74\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Juntas, elas ajudam a regular os batimentos card\u00edacos e a temperatura corporal. Mas, quando seus n\u00edveis s\u00e3o altos demais (quando a pessoa tem uma tireoide hiperativa, por exemplo), pode surgir a ansiedade.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-7pp5a\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"23\" data-block-id=\"75\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Por outro lado, quando os n\u00edveis forem muito baixos, torna-se comum a depress\u00e3o. Felizmente, a corre\u00e7\u00e3o dos n\u00edveis hormonais normalmente elimina esses sintomas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-9um6g\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles\" data-block-type=\"raw\" data-block-weight=\"39\" data-block-id=\"76\">\n<blockquote class=\"content-blockquote theme-border-color-primary-before\"><p>&#8220;Quando os pacientes consultam seu m\u00e9dico e se queixam de mudan\u00e7as de humor, uma das primeiras medidas \u00e9 verificar seu perfil hormonal&#8221;, segundo Ismail, &#8220;pois, muitas vezes, quando conseguimos corrigir o horm\u00f4nio que est\u00e1 alterado, podemos ajustar o humor.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-7mbv4\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"43\" data-block-id=\"77\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Tamb\u00e9m neste caso, o motivo do impacto dos horm\u00f4nios da tireoide sobre o humor n\u00e3o \u00e9 conhecido. Mas uma teoria \u00e9 que a T3, especificamente, pode aumentar os n\u00edveis de serotonina e dopamina no c\u00e9rebro ou intensificar a sensibilidade dos receptores desses neurotransmissores.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-8pub\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"19\" data-block-id=\"79\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Os receptores dos horm\u00f4nios da tireoide tamb\u00e9m est\u00e3o presentes nas regi\u00f5es do c\u00e9rebro altamente envolvidas na regulagem do humor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-7gqk9\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles\" data-block-type=\"raw\" data-block-weight=\"2\" data-block-id=\"80\">\n<p class=\"content-text__container\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">\n<div class=\"content-intertitle\">\n<h2>Novos tratamentos<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-9jln3\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"20\" data-block-id=\"81\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">A esperan\u00e7a \u00e9 que estes novos conhecimentos sobre os horm\u00f4nios e seus efeitos sobre o humor resultem em novos tratamentos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-6d1f8\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"30\" data-block-id=\"82\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Existem sinais de que isso come\u00e7a a acontecer, com o surgimento de uma droga chamada brexanolona. Ela imita o horm\u00f4nio alopregnanolona e \u00e9 muito eficaz no tratamento da depress\u00e3o p\u00f3s-parto.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-13hlr\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"24\" data-block-id=\"83\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Surgiram tamb\u00e9m evid\u00eancias de que pessoas com n\u00edveis mais baixos de testosterona podem tomar suplementos deste horm\u00f4nio, para aumentar a efic\u00e1cia de certos antidepressivos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-10vku\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"29\" data-block-id=\"84\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Estudos demonstram que a terapia com estrog\u00eanio, incluindo a TRH, pode ajudar a melhorar o humor de algumas mulheres que atravessam a perimenopausa e a menopausa, embora n\u00e3o todas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-cg4uh\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"22\" data-block-id=\"85\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">J\u00e1 o controle hormonal da natalidade pode fazer maravilhas para certas mulheres com TDPM, mas pode tamb\u00e9m agravar os sintomas para outras.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-7esku\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"31\" data-block-id=\"86\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Tudo isso demonstra como a busca de novos tratamentos se torna mais dif\u00edcil porque ainda n\u00e3o compreendemos exatamente por que algumas pessoas s\u00e3o t\u00e3o sens\u00edveis \u00e0s flutua\u00e7\u00f5es hormonais e outras n\u00e3o.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-bf541\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles\" data-block-type=\"raw\" data-block-weight=\"26\" data-block-id=\"87\">\n<blockquote class=\"content-blockquote theme-border-color-primary-before\"><p>&#8220;Sabemos que os horm\u00f4nios afetam o humor e a sa\u00fade mental, mas precisamos descobrir como eles atuam, antes de criar os tratamentos adequados&#8221;, destaca Nafissa Ismail.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-7c8o0\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"28\" data-block-id=\"89\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">&#8220;Como sabemos, os antidepressivos atuais que regulam os n\u00edveis de serotonina n\u00e3o s\u00e3o eficazes em todos os casos. Alguns estudos indicam que eles apresentam menor efic\u00e1cia em adolescentes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-beidh\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"27\" data-block-id=\"90\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">&#8220;Por isso, precisamos descobrir o que acontece com aquela faixa et\u00e1ria, no c\u00e9rebro e no seu desenvolvimento naquela etapa da vida, para torn\u00e1-los mais resistentes ao tratamento.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chunk-ee4vt\">\n<div class=\"mc-column content-text active-extra-styles \" data-block-type=\"unstyled\" data-block-weight=\"12\" data-block-id=\"91\">\n<p class=\" content-text__container \" data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\"><em>Leia a\u00a0<\/em><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20251013-how-your-hormones-control-your-mind?xtor=AL-73-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bg1.globo.com%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bbrazil%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20251013-how-your-hormones-control-your-mind?xtor=AL-73-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bg1.globo.com%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bbrazil%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\"><em>vers\u00e3o original desta reportagem<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0(em ingl\u00eas) no site\u00a0<\/em><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/innovation?xtor=AL-73-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bg1.globo.com%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bbrazil%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/innovation?xtor=AL-73-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bg1.globo.com%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bbrazil%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\"><em>BBC Innovation<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">\n<p data-track-category=\"Link no Texto\" data-track-links=\"\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Mat\u00e9ria - Links no Texto\">Fonte: Portal G1.<br \/>\nConfira esta e outras mat\u00e9rias na \u00edntegra pelo link: https:\/\/g1.globo.com\/saude\/noticia\/2025\/12\/15\/como-seus-hormonios-podem-controlar-sua-mente.ghtml<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Os horm\u00f4nios influenciam de v\u00e1rias formas o nosso humor e as nossas emo\u00e7\u00f5es. 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