During pregnancy, a woman's body goes through many changes - hormonal, cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and more. But what changes are made in the brain, hasn't been well studied ...

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

Image credit: Studio Firma/Stocksy. The female body goes through a variety of physical changes during pregnancy, including alterations to the brain. Most of the changes are due to pregnancy hormones.

Researchers follow the dramatic changes that occur in the brain throughout the course of pregnancy. Pregnancy is a transformative time in a person's life where the body undergoes rapid ...

By Pam Belluck Pam Belluck covers brain health, neuroscience and reproductive health. Research is revealing intriguing clues about how pregnancy changes the brain. Studies scanning women’s ...

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Fetuses more exposed to certain air pollutants show changes in the size of specific brain structures, particularly during the ...

A new study, led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, has found that exposure to air pollution during pregnancy may ...

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