![Pregnancy-Related Brain Changes May Help New Mothers Prepare for and Bond With Their Children Pregnancy-Related Brain Changes May Help New Mothers Prepare for and Bond With Their Children](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/momholdshersoninherarmscomfortshim-1440.jpg?itok=BDeDAgxV)
Pregnancy is a time of profound changes in the female body, including the endocrine system—the system that secretes and regulates hormones. Changes in female sex hormones such as estrogen orchestrate…
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![Impact of Mother’s Depressive Symptoms Just Before and After Childbirth Upon Child’s Brain Development](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/tiredmothersufferingfrompostnataldepression-1440.jpg?itok=zSll1NH0)
Past research has established a clear connection between maternal depression and risk of adverse outcomes in newborns, for instance a higher risk of the child having low birthweight. Over the longer…
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![Higher Maternal Choline Levels in Pregnancy Had Protective Role in Infant Brain Development](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/momholdshersoninherarmscomfortshim-1440.jpg?itok=BDeDAgxV)
Researchers have obtained further evidence that during pregnancy, the presence of adequate levels of choline, an essential nutrient, in the mother’s system has a protective role in the development of…
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![60 year study finds children of mothers who contracted bacterial infection during pregnancy have higher risk of psychosis](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/sleepingbaby-1440_1.jpg?itok=V6N5ERcX)
In a study that has been 60 years in the making, a team of doctors and scientists reports that bacterial infection during pregnancy significantly raises the risk that the offspring—especially male…
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![Creative concept of the brain](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/creativeconceptofthebrain-1440.jpg?itok=8RaixXkc)
A new method of capturing and analyzing images of the brain, described June 16 in the journal Cell, lets scientists see exactly which neurons fire throughout the brain of a mouse at a given time. The…
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