Pregnant women who do not get enough sleep may be at higher risk of having children with neurodevelopmental delays, a new ...

Researchers have created one of the first comprehensive maps of how the brain changes throughout pregnancy, substantially ...

In the new study, co-author Laura Pritschet, a PhD student, and her team determined that along with a rise in estrogen and ...

A new study mapped how the brain responds to rapid hormonal changes during pregnancy, which could explain a wide range of experiences that pregnant women have, according to experts.

Neuroscientist Liz Chrastil got the unique chance to see how her brain changed while she was pregnant and share what she ...

Liz Chrastil, a neuroscientist at UC Irvine, opted to have her brain scanned every few weeks during her entire pregnancy to ...

For the first time, scientists have observed the brain throughout the pregnancy timeline, from pre-conception to postpartum. Using precision brain imaging, researchers were able to map ...

A new study conducted by researchers at UC Santa Barbara mapped how the brain responds to rapid hormone changes during pregnancy. Pregnancy is a "transformative period in a person’s life ...

Researchers have created one of the first comprehensive maps of how the brain changes throughout pregnancy, substantially improving upon understanding of an understudied field. Certain brain ...

Share on Pinterest New research shows exactly what happens to the brain during pregnancy. The question is: What does this mean for the pregnant person? Image credit: Studio Firma/Stocksy.

New research has found that cannabis use during pregnancy can cause molecular changes in the genes of exposed children, impacting brain development.