The findings show that some parts of the human brain may shrink in size during pregnancy, but become better connected.

Based on 26 scans of one healthy 38-year-old woman's brain, scientists found "remarkable things" including changes to regions ...

A neuroscientist underwent MRIs during her pregnancy and postpartum. Her team found two major changes in her brain.

Neuroscientist Dr. Liz Chrastil joins Lisa Dent to discuss what pregnancy does to a mother’s brain. Dr. Chrastil explains that after her 36 brain scans, key areas in her cortex shrank and ...

The GE HealthCare imaging tool is coming out as pharma companies release new therapies onto the market to help treat the ...

according to one of the first detailed maps of human-brain changes before, during and after those crucial nine months. Based on 26 scans of one healthy 38-year-old woman's brain, scientists found ...

Researchers at the University of Washington published brain scans of teenagers taken three years apart, in 2018 and 2021. The team expected significant findings, since the second scans were taken ...

MRI scans taken before conception, throughout pregnancy and until two years after childbirth have shed light on how the brain changes. Some of the changes may be permanent, with the brain ...

Nature Neuroscience Researchers followed a 38-year-old woman three weeks before conception, and two years postpartum, tracking the changes to her brain via a series of 26 MRI scans. Their findings ...

Some parts of the brain go through major changes during pregnancy and only a few regions remain untouched, the first map of the process suggests. MRI scans taken before conception, throughout ...