We are witnessing a stark increase in scientific interest in the neurobiological processes
associated with pregnancy and maternity. Convergent evidence suggests that around the …

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 …

Eating behaviours are determined by the integration of interoceptive and environmental
inputs. During pregnancy, numerous physiological adaptations take place in the maternal …

Pregnancy and the postpartum period are characterized by an increased neuroplasticity in
the maternal brain. To explore the dynamics of postpartum changes in gray matter volume …

The study of the female brain during pregnancy and motherhood is gaining traction, and
holds the potential to address the unmet needs of millions of women worldwide. Here we …

Despite the important contributions that fathers make to parenting, the neurobiological
underpinnings of men's adaptation to parenthood are still not well understood. The current …

Women's 1 lifelong health and nutrition status is intricately related to their reproductive
history, including the number and spacing of their pregnancies and births, and for how long …

Repetitive physical insults to the head, including those that elicit mild traumatic brain injury
(mTBI), are a known risk factor for a variety of neurodegenerative conditions including …

For many pathologies associated with aging, female patients present with higher morbidity
and more frequent adverse events from treatments compared to male patients. While …

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 …