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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Explore the impact of pollution brain on fetal development. New research reveals air pollution's effects on brain structures.

Jacobs of UC Santa Barbara and their colleagues investigated the structural changes to the brain of one woman from before pregnancy through to postpartum, totaling more than two years of study.