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Mommy brain explained: How the brain restructures after pregnancy | – Times of India

For women, pregnancy is a journey of transformation that causes a series of physical changes. Hormonal and cardiovascular system changes are just two aspects of the process. However, many may be unaware of just how much the brain changes during pregnancy. The results of a recent study provide a new look into how the brain changes before, during, and after pregnancy.The findings are both surprising and fascinating. Here are the changes that the study suggests occur in the brain.Effects of pregnancy on the brainA recent study "Neuroanatomical changes observed over the course of a human pregnancy" that was led by neuroscientists at the University of California has mapped how a woman’s brain reorganises in response to pregnancy. The researchers used advanced brain scans to track these changes ...
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Researchers discover changes in the brain throughout pregnancy – Times of India

CALIFORNIA: Pregnancy is a transforming period in a person's life during which the body undergoes rapid physiological adjustments to prepare for parenthood, as we all know. What the broad hormonal alterations caused by pregnancy do to the brain is still a mystery.Researchers in Professor Emily Jacobs' group at UC Santa Barbara have created the first-ever map of a human brain during pregnancy, shedding insight on this understudied area."We wanted to look at the trajectory of brain changes specifically within the gestational window," said Laura Pritschet, lead author of a paper just published in Nature Neuroscience (link) . Previous studies had taken snapshots of the brain before and after pregnancy, she said, but never have we witnessed the pregnant brain in the midst of this metamorphosis....