Characterizing the Brain Structural Adaptations Across the Motherhood Transition

Magdalena Martínez-García, María Paternina-Die, Manuel Desco, Oscar Vilarroya, Susanna Carmona

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Women that become mothers face notable physiological adaptations during this life-period. Neuroimaging studies of the last decade have provided grounded evidence that women's brains structurally change across the transition into motherhood. The characterization of this brain remodeling is currently in its early years of research. The current article reviews this scientific field by focusing on our longitudinal (pre-to-post pregnancy) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) studies in first-time parents and other longitudinal and cross-sectional studies of parents. We present the questions that are currently being answered by the parental brain literature and point out those that have not yet been explored. We also highlight potential confounding variables that need to be considered when analyzing and interpreting brain changes observed during motherhood.

Idioma originalInglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)742775
PublicaciónFrontiers in Global Women's Health
Volumen2
DOI
EstadoPublicada - 2021

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