Time-sensitive changes in the maternal brain and their influence on mother-child attachment

Abstract Pregnancy and the postpartum period are characterized by an increased neuroplasticity in the maternal brain. To explore the dynamics of postpartum changes in gray matter volume (GMV), magnetic resonance imaging was performed on 20 healthy postpartum women immediately after childbirth and at...

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Main Authors: Susanne Nehls, Elena Losse, Christian Enzensberger, Thomas Frodl, Natalia Chechko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2024-02-01
Series:Translational Psychiatry
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-024-02805-2