New research has shown that the brain also experiences significant changes, some of which are temporary, while others last ...

Precision imaging uncovers key brain changes in pregnancy. For this study, researchers followed a 38-year-old woman, taking 26 magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ...

The functional implications these brain changes may have for birthing parents have yet to be determined, said Dr. Elseline Hoekzema, head of the Pregnancy and the Brain Lab at Amsterdam University ...

Pregnancy leads to changes in the mother's brain Date: December 19, 2016 Source: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Summary: A new study is the first to reveal how pregnancy causes long-lasting ...

Perhaps the most surprising discovery is that some of these brain changes persist long after pregnancy. Two years postpartum, some of the structural changes were still visible in the brain scans.

Neuroscientists at the University of California have discovered that pregnancy significantly alters a woman's brain. The study observed a reduction in grey matter and an enhancement in white matter ...

Certain brain regions may shrink in size during pregnancy yet improve in connectivity, “with only a few regions of the brain remaining untouched by the transition to motherhood,” according to ...

Pregnancy doesn’t just leave stretch marks. It changes a woman’s brain in ways that are “pronounced and long-lasting” and that appear to help new mothers bond with their babies.

The functional implications these brain changes may have for birthing parents have yet to be determined, said Dr. Elseline Hoekzema, head of the Pregnancy and the Brain Lab at Amsterdam University ...

(CNN) — Researchers have created one of the first comprehensive maps of how the brain changes throughout pregnancy, substantially improving upon understanding of an understudied field.

(CNN) — Researchers have created one of the first comprehensive maps of how the brain changes throughout pregnancy, substantially improving upon understanding of an understudied field.