During pregnancy, the body isn’t the only thing going through big changes—your brain does, too. For years, scientists knew the brain changed in motherhood, but only recently have they uncovered just ...

Neuroscience researcher Liz Chrastil (pictured with her child) hopes her brain scans and other studies will help identify how the risks of postpartum depression change during pregnancy. (Photo ...

New study examines how pregnancy can alter a woman's brain as well as her body. — -- Pregnancy may result in long-lasting changes in a woman's brain, according to a study of a small group of ...

If you catch yourself misplacing keys, climbing stairs and wondering why you are here, and forgetting things often, then you are dealing with pregnancy brain fog. The pregnancy brain is real, and ...

A study involving over 700 pregnant women analyzes for the first time how air pollution may affect fetal brain development The study results also showed an association between higher exposure to black ...

Stress during pregnancy may rewire a baby’s brain for anxiety, a new study found. Adverse prenatal environments change how neurons in the hippocampus develop, leaving offspring more sensitive to ...

New research has made a striking link between a mother’s exposure to “forever chemicals” during pregnancy and the shape of her child’s brain at age five. The findings offer no conclusion as to whether ...

For decades, expectant women have talked about having “mommy brain” or “pregnancy brain,” a phenomenon where you’re more absent-minded than usual during pregnancy and the postpartum period. But ...