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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. Study shows how a woman's brain reorganizes during pregnancy

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    Researchers said on Monday they have for the first time mapped the changes that unfold as a woman's brain reorganizes in response to pregnancy, based on scans carried out 26 times starting three ...

  5. Postoperative cognitive dysfunction - Wikipedia

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    It is thought that it may be caused by the body's inflammatory response to surgery, stress hormone release during surgery, ischemia, or hypoxaemia. [5] [6] Post-operative cognitive dysfunction can complicate a person's recovery from surgery, delay discharge from hospital, delay returning to work following surgery, and reduce a person's quality ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Prenatal memory - Wikipedia

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    The reduced size of brain structures associated with memory and attention was also noted through magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a process used to produce images of the brain for observation. [34] For example, those with prenatal methamphetamine exposure had, on average, a smaller hippocampus (a brain structure involved in many things ...

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

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    Certain brain regions may shrink in size during pregnancy yet improve in connectivity, “with only a few regions of the brain remaining untouched by the transition to motherhood,” according to ...

  9. Parental brain - Wikipedia

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    Less is known about the paternal brain, but changes in the father's brain occur alongside the mother. [1] Research on this topic is continuing to expand as more researchers examine fathers. Many of the brain regions and networks responsible for parental behavior are responsible for parental behavior in human fathers after having a child. [10]