A pregnant woman's brain changes, and it's not just due to hormones. A recent study has revealed surprising findings about ...

Repeated scans revealed how a woman's brain underwent significant and sometimes lasting neurological changes during pregnancy ...

Widespread cortical gray matter volume change occurred in step with advancing gestational week. Darker colors indicate ...

Some of the changes continued past pregnancy. “Previous studies had taken snapshots of the brain before and after pregnancy, but we’ve never witnessed the brain in the midst of this ...

Liz Chrastil, a neuroscientist at UC Irvine, opted to have her brain scanned every few weeks during her entire pregnancy to ...

A comprehensive new study shows that certain brain regions may shrink in size during pregnancy but improve in connectivity.

By examining DNA samples at different ages, the researchers found consistent patterns of altered gene activity in those exposed to cannabis prenatally. “We know cannabis use during pregnancy is ...

Higher exposure to pollutants like silicon in fine particles (PM2.5) during pregnancy was associated with initially higher ...

Pregnant women who do not get enough sleep may be at higher risk of having children with neurodevelopmental delays, a new ...

Neuroscientist Liz Chrastil got the unique chance to see how her brain changed while she was pregnant and share what she ...