Beyond sex differences: short-and long-term effects of pregnancy on the brain

TA Puri, JE Richard, LAM Galea - Trends in Neurosciences, 2023 - cell.com
Growing attention has been directed to the inclusion of females in neuroscience studies, and
to the importance of studying sex as a biological variable. However, how female-specific …

Less can be more: Fine tuning the maternal brain

JL Pawluski, E Hoekzema, B Leuner… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract PAWLUSKI, JL, Hoekzema, E., Leuner, B., and Lonstein, JS Less can be more: Fine
tuning the maternal brain. NEUROSCI BIOBEHAV REV (129) XXX-XXX, 2022. Plasticity in …

[LIVRE][B] The female brain

L Brizendine - 2007 - books.google.com
Since Dr. Brizendine wrote The Female Brain ten years ago, the response has been
overwhelming. This New York Times bestseller has been translated into more than thirty …

Hippocampal learning, memory, and neurogenesis: Effects of sex and estrogens across the lifespan in adults

P Duarte-Guterman, S Yagi, C Chow, LAM Galea - Hormones and behavior, 2015 - Elsevier
This article is part of a Special Issue “Estradiol and Cognition”. There are sex differences in
hippocampus-dependent cognition and neurogenesis suggesting that sex hormones are …

Effects of steroid hormones on neurogenesis in the hippocampus of the adult female rodent during the estrous cycle, pregnancy, lactation and aging

JL Pawluski, S Brummelte, CK Barha… - Frontiers in …, 2009 - Elsevier
Adult neurogenesis exists in most mammalian species, including humans, in two main
areas: the subventricular zone (new cells migrate to the olfactory bulbs) and the dentate …

Sex, hormones and neurogenesis in the hippocampus: hormonal modulation of neurogenesis and potential functional implications

LAM Galea, SR Wainwright, MM Roes… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The hippocampus is an area of the brain that undergoes dramatic plasticity in response to
experience and hormone exposure. The hippocampus retains the ability to produce new …

The long and short term effects of motherhood on the brain

P Duarte-Guterman, B Leuner, LAM Galea - Frontiers in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Becoming a mother is associated with dramatic changes in physiology, endocrinology,
immune function, and behaviour that begins during pregnancy and persists into the …

Chronic corticosterone during pregnancy and postpartum affects maternal care, cell proliferation and depressive-like behavior in the dam

S Brummelte, LAM Galea - Hormones and behavior, 2010 - Elsevier
Stress during pregnancy and the postpartum can influence the well-being of both the mother
and her offspring. Prolonged elevated levels of glucocorticoids are associated with …

Prolactin function and putative expression in the brain

EA Cabrera-Reyes, O Limón-Morales… - Endocrine, 2017 - Springer
Introduction Prolactin is a peptide hormone mainly synthetized and secreted by the anterior
pituitary gland, but also by extrapituitary tissues, such as mammary gland, decidua, prostate …

Parenting and plasticity

B Leuner, ER Glasper, E Gould - Trends in neurosciences, 2010 - cell.com
As any new parent knows, having a baby provides opportunities for enrichment, learning
and stress–experiences known to change the adult brain. Yet surprisingly little is known …