--- title: Your ovaries and your nerves: what the research says ยท Niyora description: Is there a real link between stress and my ovaries? Nerves from your stress system run into your ovaries. This research is new. url: https://niyora.com/research/ovaries-and-nerves/ --- - [Niyora](https://niyora.com/) - [Research](https://niyora.com/research/) - Your ovaries and your nerves [Research](https://niyora.com/research/) # Is there a real link between stress and my ovaries? Nerves from your stress system run into your ovaries. This research is new. 2 findings. Best evidence here: **moderate**. ## Your ovaries and your nerves - Moderate Reproductive Nerves from your stress system run directly into your ovaries. The ovary is directly wired to the nervous system; nerve signals help regulate ovarian function and fertility decline [UCSF/Science 2025](https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/10/430841/why-does-female-fertility-decline-so-fast-key-ovary) - Moderate Reproductive Ongoing stress can affect your ovaries as well as your mood. Chronic psychological stress impairs ovarian function via HPA/cortisol pathways (review) [Int J Mol Med 2024](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11670866/) [See all the research findings](https://niyora.com/research/), each with a link to its study. ## Keep reading [Your ovaries and your nervous system](https://niyora.com/blog/ovaries-nervous-system/) ## Three steps for the moment it happens Niyora gives you three steps for that moment: reflect on what happened, regulate in about a minute, and respond with a clearer head. [Take the quiz](https://niyora.com/quiz/) [Get Niyora](https://apps.apple.com/app/niyora-pms-emotions/id6764561688)