【Paper Published】Co-authored Paper on Sex Differences in Sensory Gating Published in Women's Health Reports

A research paper co-authored by Dr. Ochi has been published in Women's Health Reports (Volume 7, 2026). Dr. Ochi was involved in reviewing the linear mixed-effects model analyses and editing the manuscript.

Paper Information

Title: No sex differences in auditory and somatosensory P50 sensory gating in relation to estradiol levels

Authors: Anazawa S, Makibuchi T, Okamoto Y, Koshinaka K, Edama M, Fujimoto T, Ochi G, Sato D, Yamashiro K.

Journal: Women's Health Reports, Volume 7, 2026

DOI: 10.1177/26884844261505730

This study examined whether P50 sensory gating, the reduction in the brain's response to the second of two identical stimuli presented in quick succession, differs between the sexes in the auditory and somatosensory modalities, with particular attention to estradiol levels. No differences in P50 sensory gating were found among men and women in the early and late follicular phases in either modality, suggesting that estradiol does not influence auditory or somatosensory P50 sensory gating. The paper is available Open Access.