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Resumen
Emerging evidence points to the transition to parenthood as a critical window for adult neural plasticity. Studying fathers offers a unique opportunity to explore how parenting experience can shape the human brain when pregnancy is not directly experienced. Yet very few studies have examined the neuroanatomic adaptations of men transitioning into fatherhood. The present study reports on an international collaboration between two laboratories, one in Spain and the other in California (United States), that have prospectively collected structural neuroimaging data in 20 expectant fathers before and after the birth of their first child. The Spanish sample also included a control group of 17 childless men. We tested whether the transition into fatherhood entailed anatomical changes in brain cortical volume, thickness, and area, and subcortical volumes. We found overlapping trends of cortical volume reductions within the default mode network and visual networks and preservation of subcortical structures across both samples of first-time fathers, which persisted after controlling for fathers’ and children’s age at the postnatal scan. This study provides convergent evidence for cortical structural changes in fathers, supporting the possibility that the transition to fatherhood may represent a meaningful window of experience-induced structural neuroplasticity in males.
Idioma original | Inglés |
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Páginas (desde-hasta) | 4156-4163 |
Número de páginas | 8 |
Publicación | Cerebral Cortex |
Volumen | 33 |
N.º | 7 |
DOI | |
Estado | Publicada - 1 abr 2023 |
Huella
Profundice en los temas de investigación de 'First-time fathers show longitudinal gray matter cortical volume reductions: evidence from two international samples'. En conjunto forman una huella única.Proyectos
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DINAMICA DE LOS MARCADORES NEURALES, BIOQUIMICOS Y NEUROPSICOLOGICOS SUBYACENTES A LAS ADAPTACIONES PARA LA MATERNIDAD DURANTE EL EMBARAZO
Vilarroya Oliver, O. (Principal Investigator), Bulbena Vilarrasa, A. (Investigador/a), Casals Soler, G. (Investigador/a), Payà Panadés, A. (Investigador/a), Pretus Gomez, C. H. (Investigador/a), Robles Corchado, A. (Investigador/a), Rubio Salazar, R. (Investigador/a), Vidal, R. C. (Investigador/a) & Soler Campillo, A. (Colaborador/a)
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)
1/01/19 → 30/09/22
Proyecto: Proyectos y Ayudas de Investigación