Postpartum psychiatric disorders

S Meltzer-Brody, LM Howard, V Bergink… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Pregnancy is a complex and vulnerable period that presents a number of challenges to
women, including the development of postpartum psychiatric disorders (PPDs). These …

The transition to motherhood: linking hormones, brain and behaviour

C Servin-Barthet, M Martínez-García, C Pretus… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
We are witnessing a stark increase in scientific interest in the neurobiological processes
associated with pregnancy and maternity. Convergent evidence suggests that around the …

Neuroanatomical changes observed over the course of a human pregnancy

L Pritschet, CM Taylor, D Cossio, J Faskowitz… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Pregnancy is a period of profound hormonal and physiological changes experienced by
millions of women annually, yet the neural changes unfolding in the maternal brain …

Women's neuroplasticity during gestation, childbirth and postpartum

M Paternina-Die, M Martínez-García… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Pregnancy is a unique neuroplastic period in adult life. This longitudinal study tracked brain
cortical changes during the peripartum period and explored how the type of childbirth affects …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] T helper-1 activation via interleukin-16 is a key phenomenon in the acute phase of severe, first-episode major depressive disorder and suicidal behaviors

AF Almulla, AAA Algon, C Tunvirachaisakul… - Journal of Advanced …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Immune-inflammatory pathways in major depressive disorder are confined to
the major dysmood disorder (MDMD) phenotype (Maes et al., 2022). No studies have …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Pre-pregnancy obesity is associated with greater systemic inflammation and increased risk of antenatal depression

L Sominsky, M O'Hely, K Drummond, S Cao… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Pre-pregnancy obesity is an emerging risk factor for perinatal depression.
However, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. We investigated the association …

The HPA axis during the perinatal period: implications for perinatal depression

MJ Dickens, JL Pawluski - Endocrinology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The transition to motherhood is characterized by some of the most pronounced endocrine
changes a woman will experience in her lifetime. Unfortunately, matrescence is also a time …