Pregnancy as a period of risk, adaptation, and resilience for mothers and infants

EP Davis, AJ Narayan - Development and psychopathology, 2020 - cambridge.org
The pregnancy period represents a unique window of opportunity to identify risks to both the
fetus and mother and to deter the intergenerational transmission of adversity and mental …

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 …

Brain plasticity in pregnancy and the postpartum period: links to maternal caregiving and mental health

E Barba-Müller, S Craddock, S Carmona… - Archives of women's …, 2019 - Springer
Pregnancy and the postpartum period involve numerous physiological adaptations that
enable the development and survival of the offspring. A distinct neural plasticity …

Hormone-mediated neural remodeling orchestrates parenting onset during pregnancy

R Ammari, F Monaca, M Cao, E Nassar, P Wai… - Science, 2023 - science.org
During pregnancy, physiological adaptations prepare the female body for the challenges of
motherhood. Becoming a parent also requires behavioral adaptations. Such adaptations …

Neural circuits of social behaviors: Innate yet flexible

D Wei, V Talwar, D Lin - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
Social behaviors, such as mating, fighting, and parenting, are fundamental for survival of any
vertebrate species. All members of a species express social behaviors in a stereotypical and …

[HTML][HTML] A hypothalamic midbrain pathway essential for driving maternal behaviors

YY Fang, T Yamaguchi, SC Song, NX Tritsch, D Lin - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
Maternal behaviors are essential for the survival of the young. Previous studies implicated
the medial preoptic area (MPOA) as an important region for maternal behaviors, but details …

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 …

Exposure to prenatal psychobiological stress exerts programming influences on the mother and her fetus

CA Sandman, EP Davis, C Buss, LM Glynn - Neuroendocrinology, 2012 - karger.com
Abstract Background/Aims: Accumulating evidence from a relatively small number of
prospective studies indicates that exposure to prenatal stress profoundly influences the …

Characterizing the brain structural adaptations across the motherhood transition

M Martínez-García, M Paternina-Die… - Frontiers in Global …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Women that become mothers face notable physiological adaptations during this life-period.
Neuroimaging studies of the last decade have provided grounded evidence that women's …

Hormones and cognitive functioning during late pregnancy and postpartum: a longitudinal study.

JF Henry, BB Sherwin - Behavioral neuroscience, 2012 - psycnet.apa.org
This longitudinal study investigated the possible influence of estradiol (E₂), progesterone
(P), testosterone (T), cortisol (CORT), and prolactin (PRL) levels on cognitive functioning …