How pregnancy transforms the brain

This Week in Neuroscience

TWiN explores how pregnancy leads to modifications in brain structure and function that may prepare the mother for parenting.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Jason Shepherd, and Vivianne Morrison

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Links for this episode

  • MicrobeTV Discord Server
  • Pregnancy transforms the brain (Nature)
  • Hormone-mediated neural remodeling during pregnancy (Science)
  • Effects of pregnancy on brain activity (Nature Comm)
  • Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

Music is by Ronald Jenkees

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