Pregnancy results in obvious physiological changes to the female body, but data as to what
happens to the maternal brain after giving birth are sparse as well as inconsistent. The …

Current literature on cognitive functioning in pregnancy and postpartum is mixed, with most
research showing deficits in memory and attention during pregnancy or no difference …

This book presents cutting edge research on the basic neurobiology of parental behavior as
it relates to behavioral disorders, including postpartum depression, anxiety, and inadequate …

Profound environmental, hormonal, and neurobiological changes mark the transition to
motherhood as a major biosocial life event. Despite the ubiquity of motherhood, the …

The hormonal fluctuations in pregnancy drive a wide range of adaptive changes in the
maternal brain. These range from specific neurophysiological changes in the patterns of …

A rapidly accumulating literature indicates that the prenatal period must be taken into
account if we are to understand development of the central nervous system (CNS) across …

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 …

Adversity experienced during gestation is a predictor of lifetime neuropsychiatric disease
susceptibility. Specifically, maternal stress during pregnancy predisposes offspring to sex …

Steroidal hormones are increasingly recognized as highly relevant in multiple aspects of
brain functioning. While basic science has actively worked to advance understanding of …

Pregnancy involves radical hormone surges and biological adaptations. However, the
effects of pregnancy on the human brain are virtually unknown. Here we show, using a …