Dr. Mary Claire Haver
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You know, all the things, you know, that all the jobs and the hats we wear as women.
Yes.
And we've got it.
We've got it managed.
We have good days.
We have bad days.
But, you know, we are in control of our lives.
And then we're not.
And the common theme in this we're not seems to be perimenopause.
There's an inflection point.
I love the way you describe it.
So walk our listeners through, in general, what is happening to our brains?
Before menopause, you know, perimenopause, and then postmenopause.
It's not that shocking.
Estradiol coming from the ovary.
They have to bind to something.
Yes.
And that is a good thing.
And your research, one of the things that fascinated me was you were the first or your team to document that across the transition, we actually upregulate the estrogen receptor.
Do you want to look at it?