Pregnancy restructures the brain to prepare for childbirth and parenthood.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A case study has revealed widespread changes to the maternal brain during pregnancy. This is a milestone in the emerging neuroscience of ‘matrescence’ — the idea that pregnancy is a developmental stage in adulthood.