Figure 3.

Differences in node-level information processing across the whole-brain network between the luteal and follicular phases of the NaturalMenstrualCycle Study. Rendered brains show the difference in variation of local synchronization levels for each brain area between phases. Colder colors (i.e., back-blue extreme) represent brain areas showing decreased levels of variation during the luteal phase than the follicular, while warmer colors (i.e., red extreme) mark the areas with the most significant increase in variation of local synchronization during the luteal phase. Areas marked in green are the ones showing similar variation levels across both phases. Areas belonging to the default mode, the salience/ventral attention, the somatomotor, the control, and the dorsal attention networks show the highest values of node-level synchronization during the luteal phase. The rendered brain was plotted using the Surf Ice software (https://www.nitrc.org/projects/surfice/).