Three things to know about your brain in menopause – and how to navigate the changes

Menopause needs to be reframed not just as a reproductive health event but also as a neurological one. Photograph: timandtim/Getty Images

When Lisa Mosconi started studying the impact of menopause on the brain, she realized two important facts.

First, very few brain studies looked at menopause at all. Second, the few that did looked at older women who were well past menopause.