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 …

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 …

Hippocampal adult neurogenesis: Its regulation and potential role in spatial learning and memory

C Lieberwirth, Y Pan, Y Liu, Z Zhang, Z Wang - Brain research, 2016 - Elsevier
Adult neurogenesis, defined here as progenitor cell division generating functionally
integrated neurons in the adult brain, occurs within the hippocampus of numerous …

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 …

The neurobiology of social affiliation and pair bonding

CS Carter, EB Keverne - Hormones, brain and behavior, 2002 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter reveals that pair bonding is an evolved trait and may play a
critical role in reproduction, as well as in individual and species survival. The neurobiology …

Paternal recognition of adult offspring mediated by newly generated CNS neurons

GK Mak, S Weiss - Nature neuroscience, 2010 - nature.com
In mammals, olfaction is often used to distinguish individuals on the basis of their unique
odor types (genetically programmed body odors). Parental-offspring recognition behavior is …

Comparing adult hippocampal neurogenesis in mammalian species and orders: influence of chronological age and life history stage

I Amrein, K Isler, HP Lipp - European Journal of Neuroscience, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Adult hippocampal neurogenesis is a prominent event in rodents. In species with longer life
expectancies, newly born cells in the adult dentate gyrus of the hippocampal formation are …

The maternal brain: an organ with peripartal plasticity

KM Hillerer, VR Jacobs, T Fischer, L Aigner - Neural plasticity, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The time of pregnancy, birth, and lactation, is characterized by numerous specific alterations
in several systems of the maternal body. Peripartum‐associated changes in physiology and …

Sex differences in depression during pregnancy and the postpartum period

I Sundström Poromaa, E Comasco… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Women have a lifetime risk of major depression double that of men but only during their
reproductive years. This sex difference has been attributed partially to activational effects of …

Changes in anxiety and cognition due to reproductive experience: a review of data from rodent and human mothers

AH Macbeth, VN Luine - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
Rodent research suggests that pregnancy, motherhood and attendant offspring care affect
changes in neural function and behaviors that are not directly maternal in nature, but involve …