Mommy Brain Revisited Dr. Jodi Pawluski

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr. Kristina
M. Deligiannidis, MD, Professor, Institute of Behavioral Science, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Director, Women’s Behavioral Health, Zucker Hillside Hospital, Northwell Health, Professor, Psychiatry, Molecular Medicine and Obstetrics & Gynecology, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, USA.

We talk about her research on the development of neurosteroid treatments for postpartum depression.

In particular we talk about her work on the new FDA approved oral medication for postpartum depression – Zuranolone as well as some practical information on Zuranolone, itself.

Don’t miss this episode on Mommy Brain Revisited. It’s an important one for understanding the current treatment options and challenges for perinatal mental illness.



For more information on Dr Deligiannidis’ work and her contact information see:

https://feinstein.northwell.edu/institutes-researchers/our-researchers/kristina-m-deligiannidis-md


Download one of the publications that we talk about here: https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp.20220785















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In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr. Devaleena
Pradhan, Associate Professor of Behavioral Neuroendocrinology and Physiology at Idaho State University, USA.



We talk about fatherhood, the neural mechanisms mediating parenting, the origins of parenting behaviors and more.



We also talk about her research on parenting in sex-changing fish and what we can learn from them.



Don’t miss this episode. It will make you rethink sex/gender and parenting!



For more information on Dr Pradhan’s work and her contact information see: https://www.isu.edu/biology/people/faculty---professors/--devaleena-s-pradhan/



Download one of the publications that we talk about here:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24827441/

 






Music: Luna Wave via Soundstrip












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In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr. Tara Chaplin, Associate Professor of Psychology at George Mason University, USA. We talk about parenting, mindfulness, and the parental brain. We also talk about the importance of mindfulness in terms of parenting tweens and teens, how mindfulness helps empower parents to parent with intention (wow!), and her ongoing research in this area. Don’t miss this episode on Mommy Brain Revisited. It will make you want to be more mindful!



Download the publication that we talk about here: Affective Neural Mechanisms of a Parenting-Focused Mindfulness Intervention https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7962669/pdf/nihms-1525033.pdf



For more information on Dr Chaplin’s work: https://yel.gmu.edu/



Although the Mindfulness intervention they use is not readily available it is based on MBSR or Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction techniques and other evidence based interventions.



Book recommendation: Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting by Jon and Myla Kabat-Zinn.



Citation of study we talk about: Turpyn CC, Chaplin TM, Fischer S, Thompson JC, Fedota JR, Baer RA, Martelli AM. Affective Neural Mechanisms of a Parenting-Focused Mindfulness Intervention. Mindfulness (N Y). 2021 Feb;12(2):392-404. doi: 10.1007/s12671-019-01118-6. Epub 2019 Feb 16.




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In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr. Robert Froemke, Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Skirball
Professor of Genetics, Department of Neuroscience and Physiology at New York University. We talk about oxytocin neurons, learning to parent and
alloparenting. We also talk about the importance of experience with offspring, making mistakes, and ‘mouse midwifery’. Don’t
miss this episode on Mommy Brain. So interesting!

Download the publication in Nature that we talk about here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34381215/

For more information on Dr Froemke’s work: https://med.nyu.edu/faculty/robert-c-froemke

 

Citation: Carcea I, Caraballo NL, Marlin BJ, Ooyama R,
Riceberg JS, Mendoza Navarro JM, Opendak M, Diaz VE, Schuster L, Alvarado
Torres MI, Lethin H, Ramos D, Minder J, Mendoza SL, Bair-Marshall CJ, Samadjopoulos
GH, Hidema S, Falkner A, Lin D, Mar A, Wadghiri YZ, Nishimori K, Kikusui T,
Mogi K, Sullivan RM, Froemke RC. Oxytocin neurons enable social transmission of
maternal behaviour. Nature. 2021 Aug;596(7873):553-557. doi:
10.1038/s41586-021-03814-7. Epub 2021 Aug 11. PMID: 34381215; PMCID:
PMC8387235.

 























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In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Valerie Miller, a PhD candidate in Anthropology at Purdue University. We talk about her
recent research on ‘Mommy Brain’ in the USA and the importance of studying how moms feel and the cultural factors that can influence mommy brain and motherhood.  You won't want to miss this episode!

 

Download the publication here: https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/etho.12381



Citation: Valerie Miller, Marcy Price-Crist. Mommy brain in the United States. First published: 18 January 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/etho.12381









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In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr. Elseline Hoekzema, Assistant Professor, Adult Psychiatry and Amsterdam Neuroscience at Amsterdam University Medical Centers. We talk about her recent research published Nature Communications on how pregnancy impacts brain structure and function. This is a fascinating area of research!

Download the publication here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-33884-8

For more information about Dr. Hoekzema see:  https://www.amsterdamumc.org/en/research/researchers/elseline-a.-hoekzema.htm

Citation: Hoekzema, E., van Steenbergen, H., Straathof, M. et al. Mapping the effects of pregnancy on resting state brain activity, white matter microstructure, neural metabolite concentrations and grey matter architecture. Nat Commun 13, 6931 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33884-8



For more about Dr. Jodi Pawluski see: www.jodipawluski.com


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