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  2. Scans show changes in brain during pregnancy - AOL

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

  3. In pregnancy, the brain changes in remarkable ways, a new ...

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    With the brain, this process happens early in development, again during puberty, and pregnancy probably reflects another wave of cortical refinement.” Increase in brain white matter during pregnancy

  4. Pregnancy changes the brain more than previously known ... - AOL

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    Researchers have created one of the most detailed maps of how pregnancy changes the brain, according to a new study. Pregnancy changes the brain more than previously known, study finds Skip to ...

  5. Maternal physiological changes in pregnancy - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of fundal height at various points during pregnancy. Some degree of weight gain is expected during pregnancy. The enlarging uterus, growing fetus, placenta, amniotic fluid, normal increase in body fat, and increase in water retention all contribute weight gain during pregnancy. The amount of weight gain can vary from 5 pounds (2.3 ...

  6. Development of the nervous system in humans - Wikipedia

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    During this period, most genes that are active in specific brain regions are quieted — except for genes that spur connections between all neocortex regions. Then in late childhood and early adolescence, the genetic orchestra begins again and helps subtly shape neocortex regions that progressively perform more specialized tasks, a process that ...

  7. Prenatal memory - Wikipedia

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    Similarly to nutritional intake, drugs consumed by the mother during pregnancy can affect the brain development of her fetus. There has been a great deal of research concerned with the damaging effects of prenatal drug use, and how exactly this use impairs future memory functioning of the child.

  8. Pregnancy may cause brain changes linked to maternal ... - AOL

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    These changes may be associated to behaviour like mother-child bonding and how a mother responds to her baby’s cues.

  9. Fetal EEG - Wikipedia

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    At 45 days after conception, the brain is bent forward and is almost as large as the entire body of the fetus, allowing for these deep recordings. [1] The 45-day-old fetus's electrical signals resembled the "discontinuous" patterns observed in healthy newborns, premature infants, and fetuses in the last trimester of pregnancy. [11]