Pregnancy changes the brain more than previously known, study …
Sep 16, 2024 · Certain brain regions may shrink in size during pregnancy yet improve in connectivity, according to a new study of one woman (not shown). Researchers have created one of the first comprehensive...
New study reveals changes in the brain throughout pregnancy
Sep 19, 2024 · Following one first-time mother, the researchers scanned her brain every few weeks, starting before pregnancy and continuing through two years postpartum. The data, collected in collaboration with Elizabeth Chrastil’s team at UC Irvine, reveal changes in the brain’s gray and white matter across gestation, suggesting that the brain is ...
Pregnancy overhauls the brain. Here’s what that looks like - Science News
Sep 16, 2024 · Pregnancy overhauls a woman’s body. The brain is no exception. A detailed study of a woman’s brain before, during and after pregnancy revealed sweeping neural changes, some of which stuck...
Pregnancy brain changes revealed in detailed scans - BBC
Sep 17, 2024 · Based on 26 scans of one healthy 38-year-old woman's brain, scientists found "remarkable things" including changes to regions linked to socialising and emotional processing - some of which were...
How Does Pregnancy Change the Brain? Clues Are Emerging.
Sep 16, 2024 · Research is revealing intriguing clues about how pregnancy changes the brain. Studies scanning women’s brains before and after pregnancy have found that certain brain networks, especially...
Neuroanatomical changes observed over the course of a human pregnancy
Sep 16, 2024 · Converging evidence across mammalian species points to pregnancy as a remarkable period of neuroplasticity, revealing the brain’s ability to undergo adaptive, hormonally-driven neuroanatomical...
Brain changes observed during pregnancy | National Institutes of …
Researchers tracked changes in the brain that occurred in one woman before, during, and after her pregnancy. The results reveal pronounced shifts in regions throughout the brain and provide the first detailed map of the human brain during pregnancy.
Scientists show how pregnancy changes the brain in innumerable …
Sep 16, 2024 · Neuroscientist Liz Chrastil got the unique chance to see how her brain changed while she was pregnant and share what she learned in a new study that offers the first detailed map of a woman’s brain throughout gestation. The transition to motherhood, researchers discovered, affects nearly every part of the brain.
Brain changes during pregnancy revealed in detailed map - BBC
Based on 26 scans of one healthy 38-year-old woman's brain, scientists found "remarkable things" including changes to regions linked to socialising and emotional processing - some of which were...
Women’s neuroplasticity during gestation, childbirth and ... - Nature
Jan 5, 2024 · Pregnancy is a unique neuroplastic period in adult life. This longitudinal study tracked brain cortical changes during the peripartum period and explored how the type of childbirth affects...