Can birth control SHRINK your brain? Study finds the Pill may alter the structure of womens' minds

Birth control pills have been known to cause mood swings, weight gain and nausea.

Now a new study claims there may be another troubling side effect to the drug; it could shrink your brain.

Neuroscientists have found that two key brain regions responsible for emotion and decision-making are thinner in people who take the Pill.

Birth control pills have been known to cause mood swings, weight gain and nausea. And now a new study claims there may be another troubling side effect of the drug; they could shrink your brain

Researchers at University of California, Los Angeles say the lateral orbitofrontal cortex and the posterior cigulate cortex can shrink in response to synthetic hormones found in the drug.

Artificial substances in the drug block natural hormones triggering changes in brain shape and function, according to the study in the journal Human Brain Mapping.