{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,17]],"date-time":"2026-08-17T16:43:36Z","timestamp":1786985016663,"version":"build-2736575974"},"reference-count":69,"publisher":"Elsevier BV","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,1]],"date-time":"2026-03-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1772323200000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/tdm\/userlicense\/1.0\/"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,1]],"date-time":"2026-03-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1772323200000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/legal\/tdmrep-license"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,3]],"date-time":"2026-02-03T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1770076800000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/"}],"funder":[{"DOI":"10.13039\/100006108","name":"National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","award":["2UL1TR001436"],"award-info":[{"award-number":["2UL1TR001436"]}],"id":[{"id":"10.13039\/100006108","id-type":"DOI","asserted-by":"publisher"}]},{"DOI":"10.13039\/100000049","name":"National Institute on Aging","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","award":["K23AG073528"],"award-info":[{"award-number":["K23AG073528"]}],"id":[{"id":"10.13039\/100000049","id-type":"DOI","asserted-by":"publisher"}]},{"DOI":"10.13039\/100000002","name":"National Institutes of Health","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","id":[{"id":"10.13039\/100000002","id-type":"DOI","asserted-by":"publisher"}]},{"DOI":"10.13039\/100000065","name":"National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","award":["R01NS102225"],"award-info":[{"award-number":["R01NS102225"]}],"id":[{"id":"10.13039\/100000065","id-type":"DOI","asserted-by":"publisher"}]},{"DOI":"10.13039\/100000065","name":"National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","award":["L30NS113158"],"award-info":[{"award-number":["L30NS113158"]}],"id":[{"id":"10.13039\/100000065","id-type":"DOI","asserted-by":"publisher"}]}],"content-domain":{"domain":["clinicalkey.com","clinicalkey.com.au","clinicalkey.es","clinicalkey.fr","clinicalkey.jp","elsevier.com","sciencedirect.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["Brain, Behavior, &amp; Immunity - Health"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2026,3]]},"DOI":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,4]],"date-time":"2026-02-04T00:32:20Z","timestamp":1770165140000},"page":"101188","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/elsevier_cm_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"special_numbering":"C","title":["The role of oral contraceptive use in associations of concussion history with kynurenine pathway metabolites, inflammation, and psychological symptoms in female athletes"],"prefix":"10.1016","volume":"52","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1541-9002","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Bryna D.","family":"Goeckner","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jonathan","family":"Savitz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"T. Kent","family":"Teague","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Benjamin L.","family":"Brett","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Adriene M.","family":"Beltz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4495-2754","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Timothy B.","family":"Meier","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"78","reference":[{"issue":"5","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"714","DOI":"10.1093\/arclin\/acac107","article-title":"Comparison of various metrics of repetitive head impact exposure and their associations with neurocognition in collegiate-aged athletes","volume":"38","author":"Amadon","year":"2023","journal-title":"Arch. Clin. Neuropsychol.: The Official Journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists"},{"issue":"12","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1019","DOI":"10.1080\/09513590.2022.2149730","article-title":"Mood disorders and hormonal status across women's life: a narrative review","volume":"38","author":"Antonelli","year":"2022","journal-title":"Gynecol. Endocrinol.: The Official Journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib3","series-title":"Manual for the Beck Anxiety Inventory","author":"Beck","year":"1993"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib4","series-title":"Manual for Beck Depression Inventory-II","author":"Beck","year":"1996"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.yhbeh.2024.105574","article-title":"Hormonal contraceptives and behavior: updating the potent state of the nascent science","volume":"164","author":"Beltz","year":"2024","journal-title":"Horm. Behav."},{"issue":"13","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2155","DOI":"10.1038\/s41386-019-0524-3","article-title":"Analysis of sex differences in pre-clinical and clinical data sets","volume":"44","author":"Beltz","year":"2019","journal-title":"Neuropsychopharmacology: Official Publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"209","DOI":"10.1016\/j.yhbeh.2015.06.012","article-title":"Oral contraceptives and cognition: a role for ethinyl estradiol","volume":"74","author":"Beltz","year":"2015","journal-title":"Horm. Behav."},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib8","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1038\/s41598-023-43196-6","article-title":"Lower levels of the neuroprotective tryptophan metabolite, kynurenic acid, in users of estrogen contraceptives","volume":"13","author":"Bj\u00f8rke-Monsen","year":"2023","journal-title":"Sci. Rep."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib9","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"380","DOI":"10.1016\/j.bbi.2020.07.024","article-title":"Systemic inflammation moderates the association of prior concussion with hippocampal volume and episodic memory in high school and collegiate athletes","volume":"89","author":"Brett","year":"2020","journal-title":"Brain Behav. Immun."},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib10","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"641","DOI":"10.2174\/1570159X14666160309123554","article-title":"Neuroprotection by estrogen and progesterone in traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury","volume":"14","author":"Brotfain","year":"2016","journal-title":"Curr. Neuropharmacol."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"113","DOI":"10.1080\/16501960410023877","article-title":"Methodological issues and research recommendations for mild traumatic brain injury: the WHO collaborating centre task force on mild traumatic brain injury","volume":"43","author":"Carroll","year":"2004","journal-title":"J. Rehabil. Med."},{"issue":"19","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib12","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2120","DOI":"10.1089\/neu.2019.6963","article-title":"Systemic inflammation persists the first year after mild traumatic brain injury: results from the prospective trondheim mild traumatic brain injury study","volume":"37","author":"Chaban","year":"2020","journal-title":"J. Neurotrauma"},{"issue":"11","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib13","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1207","DOI":"10.1002\/pmrj.12539","article-title":"Menstrual irregularity, hormonal contraceptive use, and bone stress injuries in collegiate female athletes in the United States","volume":"13","author":"Cheng","year":"2021","journal-title":"PM & R: The Journal of Injury, Function, and Rehabilitation"},{"issue":"1\u20134","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib14","first-page":"36","article-title":"Oral contraceptives and the risk of psychiatric side effects: a review","volume":"10","author":"Ciarcia","year":"2024","journal-title":"Complex Psychiatry"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib15","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1002\/dta.3859","article-title":"Impact of menstrual cycle and oral contraceptives on haematological and inflammatory biomarkers in highly trained female athletes","author":"Collomp","year":"2025","journal-title":"Drug Test. Anal."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib16","series-title":"Contraceptive Methods Women have Ever Used: United States, 2015-2019","author":"Daniels","year":"2023"},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib17","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"701","DOI":"10.3945\/jn.114.203091","article-title":"Tryptophan catabolism and vitamin B-6 status are affected by gender and lifestyle factors in healthy young adults","volume":"145","author":"Deac","year":"2015","journal-title":"J. Nutr."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib18","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"61","DOI":"10.1016\/j.bbi.2018.02.013","article-title":"Rethinking IL-6 and CRP: why they are more than inflammatory biomarkers, and why it matters","volume":"70","author":"Del Giudice","year":"2018","journal-title":"Brain Behav. Immun."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib19","series-title":"Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) 18: Administration, Scoring, and Procedures Manual","author":"Derogatis","year":"2000"},{"issue":"7","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib20","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0159929","article-title":"Altered blood biomarker profiles in athletes with a history of repetitive head impacts","volume":"11","author":"Di Battista","year":"2016","journal-title":"PLoS One"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib21","series-title":"Managing Contraceptive Pill Patients and Other Hormonal Contraceptives","author":"Dickey","year":"2021"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib22","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1155\/2015\/379501","article-title":"Effect of oral and vaginal hormonal contraceptives on inflammatory blood biomarkers","volume":"2015","author":"Divani","year":"2015","journal-title":"Mediat. Inflamm."},{"issue":"2","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib23","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"544","DOI":"10.1152\/japplphysiol.00921.2020","article-title":"Interleukin-6 is higher in naturally menstruating women compared with oral contraceptive pill users during the low-hormone phase","volume":"131","author":"Eagan","year":"2021","journal-title":"J. Appl. Physiol."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib24","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jns.2024.123016","article-title":"Serum neurofilament light chain, inflammatory markers, and kynurenine metabolites in patients with persistent post-concussion symptoms: a cohort study","volume":"460","author":"Eggertsen","year":"2024","journal-title":"J. Neurol. Sci."},{"issue":"5","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib25","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"423","DOI":"10.1093\/aje\/kwr343","article-title":"Endogenous reproductive hormones and C-reactive protein across the menstrual cycle: the BioCycle study","volume":"175","author":"Gaskins","year":"2012","journal-title":"Am. J. Epidemiol."},{"issue":"3","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib26","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"524","DOI":"10.1249\/MSS.0000000000003591","article-title":"Progesterone and estradiol levels associated with concussion and clinical outcomes and recovery in female athletes and cadets","volume":"57","author":"Goeckner","year":"2025","journal-title":"Med. Sci. Sports Exerc."},{"issue":"23","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib27","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e2412","DOI":"10.1212\/WNL.0000000000009577","article-title":"Exosomal neurofilament light: a prognostic biomarker for remote symptoms after mild traumatic brain injury?","volume":"94","author":"Guedes","year":"2020","journal-title":"Neurology"},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib28","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"194","DOI":"10.3390\/brainsci10040194","article-title":"Effects of oral contraceptive androgenicity on visuospatial and social-emotional cognition: a prospective observational trial","volume":"10","author":"Gurvich","year":"2020","journal-title":"Brain Sci."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib29","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"350","DOI":"10.3389\/fneur.2020.00350","article-title":"Characterizing the risk of depression following mild traumatic brain injury: a meta-analysis of the literature comparing chronic mTBI to Non-mTBI populations","volume":"11","author":"Hellewell","year":"2020","journal-title":"Front. Neurol."},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib30","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"118","DOI":"10.1093\/biostatistics\/kxj037","article-title":"Adjusting batch effects in microarray expression data using empirical Bayes methods","volume":"8","author":"Johnson","year":"2007","journal-title":"Biostatistics"},{"issue":"7","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib31","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1733","DOI":"10.1177\/0363546518765121","article-title":"Association between history of multiple concussions and health outcomes among former college football players: 15-year Follow-up from the NCAA concussion study (1999-2001)","volume":"46","author":"Kerr","year":"2018","journal-title":"Am. J. Sports Med."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib32","author":"Leek"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib33","author":"Long"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib34","author":"L\u00fcdecke"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib35","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.nicl.2021.102665","article-title":"Tau aggregation and increased neuroinflammation in athletes after sports-related concussions and in traumatic brain injury patients\u2014A PET\/MR study","volume":"30","author":"Marklund","year":"2021","journal-title":"Neuroimage, Clin."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib36","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.yhbeh.2022.105229","article-title":"Hormone contraceptive use in young women: altered mood states, neuroendocrine and inflammatory biomarkers","volume":"144","author":"Masama","year":"2022","journal-title":"Horm. Behav."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib37","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"59","DOI":"10.1016\/j.bbi.2017.08.024","article-title":"Kynurenic acid is reduced in females and oral contraceptive users: implications for depression","volume":"67","author":"Meier","year":"2018","journal-title":"Brain Behav. Immun."},{"issue":"10","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib38","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1358","DOI":"10.1089\/neu.2020.7143","article-title":"Association of previous concussion with hippocampal volume and symptoms in collegiate-aged athletes","volume":"38","author":"Meier","year":"2021","journal-title":"J. Neurotrauma"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib39","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"83","DOI":"10.1016\/j.bbi.2021.11.015","article-title":"Extracellular vesicle-associated cytokines in sport-related concussion","volume":"100","author":"Meier","year":"2022","journal-title":"Brain Behav. Immun."},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib40","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"907","DOI":"10.1002\/ana.25725","article-title":"A prospective study of acute blood-based biomarkers for sport-related concussion","volume":"87","author":"Meier","year":"2020","journal-title":"Ann. Neurol."},{"issue":"2","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib41","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1212\/WNL.0000000000207991","article-title":"Association of blood biomarkers of inflammation with acute concussion in collegiate athletes and military service academy cadets","volume":"102","author":"Meier","year":"2024","journal-title":"Neurology"},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib42","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"824","DOI":"10.1089\/neu.2016.4599","article-title":"Abnormalities in functional connectivity in collegiate football athletes with and without a concussion history: implications and role of neuroactive kynurenine pathway metabolites","volume":"34","author":"Meier","year":"2017","journal-title":"J. Neurotrauma"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib43","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"715","DOI":"10.1016\/j.bbi.2020.03.002","article-title":"Prospective study of the effects of sport-related concussion on serum kynurenine pathway metabolites","volume":"87","author":"Meier","year":"2020","journal-title":"Brain Behav. Immun."},{"issue":"5","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib44","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"449","DOI":"10.1016\/j.biopsych.2021.05.021","article-title":"The kynurenine pathway in traumatic brain injury: implications for psychiatric outcomes","volume":"91","author":"Meier","year":"2022","journal-title":"Biol. Psychiatry"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib45","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"619","DOI":"10.1016\/j.bbi.2024.10.015","article-title":"Association of concussion history with psychiatric symptoms, limbic system structure, and kynurenine pathway metabolites in healthy, collegiate-aged athletes","volume":"123","author":"Meier","year":"2025","journal-title":"Brain Behav. Immun."},{"issue":"14","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib46","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1349","DOI":"10.1089\/neu.2015.4118","article-title":"Smaller dentate gyrus and CA2 and CA3 volumes are associated with kynurenine metabolites in collegiate football athletes","volume":"33","author":"Meier","year":"2016","journal-title":"J. Neurotrauma"},{"issue":"3","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib47","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"86","DOI":"10.1097\/00001199-199309000-00010","article-title":"Definition of mild traumatic brain injury","volume":"8","year":"1993","journal-title":"J. Head Trauma Rehabil."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib48","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.biopsych.2024.11.020","article-title":"Sex-specific alterations of the kynurenine pathway in association with risk for and remission of depression in adolescence","author":"Nikkheslat","year":"2025","journal-title":"Biol. Psychiatry"},{"issue":"5","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib49","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e497","DOI":"10.1212\/WNL.0000000000007864","article-title":"Acute elevation of serum inflammatory markers predicts symptom recovery after concussion","volume":"93","author":"Nitta","year":"2019","journal-title":"Neurology"},{"issue":"10","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib50","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1350","DOI":"10.1089\/neu.2020.7479","article-title":"Elevated serum Interleukin-1\u03b2 levels in Male, but not female, collision sport athletes with a concussion history","volume":"38","author":"O'Brien","year":"2021","journal-title":"J. Neurotrauma"},{"issue":"2","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib51","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"511","DOI":"10.3171\/2015.2.JNS14503","article-title":"Association of traumatic brain injury with subsequent neurological and psychiatric disease: a meta-analysis","volume":"124","author":"Perry","year":"2016","journal-title":"J. Neurosurg."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib52","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"108","DOI":"10.1016\/j.brainres.2014.11.025","article-title":"Differential effects of androgenic and anti-androgenic progestins on fusiform and frontal gray matter volume and face recognition performance","volume":"1596","author":"Pletzer","year":"2015","journal-title":"Brain Res."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib53","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.yfrne.2023.101060","article-title":"Progesterone and contraceptive progestin actions on the brain: a systematic review of animal studies and comparison to human neuroimaging studies","volume":"69","author":"Pletzer","year":"2023","journal-title":"Front. Neuroendocrinol."},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib54","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"522","DOI":"10.1097\/HTR.0000000000000010","article-title":"Coated-platelet levels are persistently elevated in patients with mild traumatic brain injury","volume":"29","author":"Prodan","year":"2014","journal-title":"J. Head Trauma Rehabil."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib55","series-title":"R: a Language and Environment for Statistical Computing","year":"2022"},{"issue":"5","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib56","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"438","DOI":"10.1016\/j.biopsych.2021.11.012","article-title":"Role of inflammation in traumatic brain injury-associated risk for neuropsychiatric disorders: state of the evidence and where do we Go from here","volume":"91","author":"Risbrough","year":"2022","journal-title":"Biol. Psychiatry"},{"issue":"5","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib57","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1618","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph17051618","article-title":"Influence of the menstrual cycle on blood markers of muscle damage and inflammation following eccentric exercise","volume":"17","author":"Romero-Parra","year":"2020","journal-title":"Int. J. Environ. Res. Publ. Health"},{"issue":"10","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib58","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1001\/jamanetworkopen.2023.40580","article-title":"Imaging brain injury in former national football league players","volume":"6","author":"Rubin","year":"2023","journal-title":"JAMA Netw. Open"},{"issue":"8","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib59","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"783","DOI":"10.1037\/bul0000102","article-title":"Gender differences in depression in representative national samples: meta-analyses of diagnoses and symptoms","volume":"143","author":"Salk","year":"2017","journal-title":"Psychol. Bull."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib60","article-title":"The association between female sex and depression following traumatic brain injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis","author":"Sandhu","year":"2024","journal-title":"Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev."},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib61","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"131","DOI":"10.1038\/s41380-019-0414-4","article-title":"The kynurenine pathway: a finger in every pie","volume":"25","author":"Savitz","year":"2020","journal-title":"Mol. Psychiatr."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib62","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"9","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jad.2020.10.052","article-title":"Associations between estrogen and progesterone, the kynurenine pathway, and inflammation in the post-partum","volume":"281","author":"Sha","year":"2021","journal-title":"J. Affect. Disord."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib63","author":"Signorell"},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib64","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"670","DOI":"10.1136\/jnnp-2015-311369","article-title":"Mood symptoms correlate with kynurenine pathway metabolites following sports-related concussion","volume":"87","author":"Singh","year":"2016","journal-title":"J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib65","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"570","DOI":"10.32614\/RJ-2021-053","article-title":"Reproducible summary tables with the gtsummary package","volume":"13","author":"Sjoberg","year":"2021","journal-title":"The R Journal"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib66","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"99","DOI":"10.1192\/bjp.167.1.99","article-title":"A scale for the assessment of hedonic tone the snaith-hamilton pleasure scale","volume":"167","author":"Snaith","year":"1995","journal-title":"Br. J. Psychiatr.: J. Ment. Sci."},{"issue":"2","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib67","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"156","DOI":"10.1037\/1064-1297.16.2.156","article-title":"Oral contraceptives and androgenicity: influences on visuospatial task performance in younger individuals","volume":"16","author":"Wharton","year":"2008","journal-title":"Exp. Clin. Psychopharmacol"},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib68","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"481","DOI":"10.1097\/JSM.0b013e31815aed6b","article-title":"Prevalence of and risk factors associated with symptoms of depression in competitive collegiate student athletes","volume":"17","author":"Yang","year":"2007","journal-title":"Clin. J. Sport Med.: Official Journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188_bib69","author":"Zeileis"}],"container-title":["Brain, Behavior, &amp; Immunity - Health"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S2666354626000219?httpAccept=text\/xml","content-type":"text\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S2666354626000219?httpAccept=text\/plain","content-type":"text\/plain","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,21]],"date-time":"2026-03-21T01:48:09Z","timestamp":1774057689000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S2666354626000219"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,3]]},"references-count":69,"alternative-id":["S2666354626000219"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188","relation":{},"ISSN":["2666-3546"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2666-3546","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2026,3]]},"assertion":[{"value":"Elsevier","name":"publisher","label":"This article is maintained by"},{"value":"The role of oral contraceptive use in associations of concussion history with kynurenine pathway metabolites, inflammation, and psychological symptoms in female athletes","name":"articletitle","label":"Article Title"},{"value":"Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health","name":"journaltitle","label":"Journal Title"},{"value":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.bbih.2026.101188","name":"articlelink","label":"CrossRef DOI link to publisher maintained version"},{"value":"article","name":"content_type","label":"Content Type"},{"value":"\u00a9 2026 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc.","name":"copyright","label":"Copyright"}],"article-number":"101188"}}