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 ...

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 ...

Recent discoveries using lab-grown brain organoids, or "mini-brains," suggest that testosterone increases brain size while ...

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 ...

Millions of women and teenage girls use oral contraception, but we are only now getting an idea of what effect these drugs ...

A groundbreaking study explores the profound neurological changes experienced by new fathers as they engage in hands-on ...

New parenthood changes the brain—literally. Studies show brain volume loss may reflect both care and stress in new dads.