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The body isn't the only thing that changes when a woman is pregnant. A new study conducted by researchers at UC Santa Barbara mapped how the brain responds to rapid hormone changes during pregnancy.

Researchers have created one of the first comprehensive maps of how the brain changes throughout pregnancy, substantially ...

A new study mapped how the brain responds to rapid hormonal changes during pregnancy, which could explain a wide range of ...

For the first time, scientists have observed the brain throughout the pregnancy timeline, from pre-conception to postpartum. Using precision brain imaging, researchers were able to map ...

Share on Pinterest New research shows exactly what happens to the brain during pregnancy. The question is: What does this mean for the pregnant person? Image credit: Studio Firma/Stocksy.

Neuroscientists at the University of California have discovered that pregnancy significantly alters a woman's brain. The study observed a reduction in grey matter and an enhancement in white ...

Researchers from the University of California – Santa Barbara for the first time show how hormonal shifts alter the brain throughout pregnancy, including changes to the amount of white and gray ...

What has remained something of a mystery is what the sweeping hormonal shifts brought on by pregnancy are doing to the brain. Researchers in Professor Emily Jacobs’ lab at UC Santa Barbara have shed ...

The transformation of a woman’s brain during pregnancy has been a long-neglected field of research, but a study has revealed a metamorphosis driven by hormonal fluctuations, with some changes in ...

“Pregnancy brain” is often treated as a punchline, but a new study shows it is a stunning metamorphosis that scientists are just beginning to grasp — potentially unlocking new knowledge about ...

For how common the phrase "mommy brain" is, we still don't know much about how pregnancy, birth, and postpartum alter a person's brain. "It's shocking that in 2024, there's so little information ...