Vaibhav Diwadkar the researcher is also a professor of psychiatry and neurosciences at Wayne State University, says, found changes in brain activity, marked the beginning of the occurrence of hot flashes. "Change activity in this particular area of the brain before the heat wave happen," he said.
The results, published in the journal Cortex may provide some way for experts for proper treatment of menopause. Diwadkar said, in the future, the experts can determine the effectiveness of therapy in the menopause by measuring brain activity.
Menopause or the end of the menstrual cycle in women often provide unpleasant symptoms, such as insomnia, fatigue, and hot flashes. These symptoms occur due to hormonal changes and drastic happened while.
In this study, conducted Diwadkar and his team an analysis of 20 postmenopausal women aged 47-58 years. Women experience hot flashes than six times or more per day. Then they examined the brain activity of a brain scanner, while their bodies are heated to stimulate the machine heat waves.
The researchers found, there is a special activity in the brain stem, causing the hot flashes. Brain stem connects the hemispheres of the cerebellum and spinal cord. Parts involved in the regulation of body temperature.
And heat waves also involves in insula, anterior to the brain. In this section, the perception created something to feel the personal and the human body.
Diwidkar said, many researchers believed that something happens in the brain at the beginning of heat waves. But he was quite surprised because the activity occurred even earlier, before the advent of hot flashes.
Professor at the University of Melbourne, Australia says Robin McAllen these findings are very useful because it can reveal the first activity in the brain before the onset of hot flashes. However, further studies are needed to find the nerves running hot flashes.
Heat waves during that period, hormone therapy and antidepressant medication. In addition, diet also helps relieve him. Foods runs spicy foods, caffeinated beverages and smoking.
