Abstract The 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic led to a particularly high risk of morbidity
and mortality among pregnant women. Therefore, inactivated influenza vaccines have been …

Pregnancy is associated with extraordinary plasticity in the maternal brain. Studies in
humans and other mammals suggest extensive structural and functional remodeling of the …

Neurogenesis (the birth of new neurons from stem cells) is very limited in the adult brain but
contributes to highly specific brain functions—most notably, learning and memory. Thus far …

Adult neurogenesis in the hippocampal dentate gyrus (DG) modulates cognition and
behavior in mammals, while motherhood is associated with cognitive and behavioral …

Neural changes occur in the dam during gestation, and brain size has been shown to
decrease across pregnancy in humans as well as rodents. In this study, we monitored …

Pregnancy involves maternal brain adaptations, but little is known about how parity
influences women's brain aging trajectories later in life. In this study, we replicated previous …

Many physiological changes occur during pregnancy and in the postpartum, including
dramatic fluctuations in circulating hormones. These changes affect the maternal brain on …

Prolactin (PRL) is a pituitary hormone that has been typically related to lactogenesis in
mammals. However, it has been described over 300 roles in the organism of vertebrae and …

In order to maintain maternal behavior, it is important that the maternal rodent brain
promotes neurogenesis. Maternal neurogenesis is altered by the dynamic shifts in …

The endogenous regenerative capacity of the brain is quite weak; however, a regenerative
reaction, the production of new neurons (neurogenesis), has been reported to occur in brain …