ReviewNeural plasticity2014
The maternal brain: an organ with peripartal plasticity.
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- Physiological Mechanisms in Pregnancy and Their Relevance to the Clinical Management of Perinatal Mental Illness.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Limited nesting stress in mice as a model to study neuroimmune relationships in postpartum depression.Journal of neuroendocrinology · 2026Article
- Preeclampsia as a reversible risk factor for Alzheimer's disease: A prospective MRI study on morphological changes of the cerebral cortex and impairment of cognitive functions.The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease · 2026Article
- Peripheral Blood Transcriptomic Features Distinguishing Postpartum Depression from Major Depressive Disorder and Healthy Postpartum Controls.International journal of women's health · 2026Article
- Peripartum sertraline impacts maternal neurobehavioral and neurodegenerative mechanisms in pregnant and postpartum mice.Molecular psychiatry · 2025Article
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- Women's neuroplasticity during gestation, childbirth and postpartum.Nature neuroscience · 2024Article
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- Adult neurogenesis and the microbiota-gut-brain axis in farm animals: underestimated and understudied parameters for improving welfare in livestock farming.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Review
- Hormone-mediated neural remodeling orchestrates parenting onset during pregnancy.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2023Article
- Gestational stress decreases postpartum mitochondrial respiration in the prefrontal cortex of female rats.Neurobiology of stress · 2023Article
- Walking for Cognitive Health: Previous Parity Moderates the Relationship Between Self-Reported Walking and Cognition.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2023Article
- The Mother-Baby Bond: Role of Past and Current Relationships.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The Role of Adiponectin during Pregnancy and Gestational Diabetes.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Mitochondrial might: powering the peripartum for risk and resilience.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2023Review
- Associations Between Parity and Cognition: Race/Ethnic Differences.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2023Article
- The Characterization of Sex Differences in Hypoglycemia-Induced Activation of HPA Axis on the Transcriptomic Level.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2022Article
- Inflammatory and neurodegenerative pathophysiology implicated in postpartum depression.Neurobiology of disease · 2022Review
- Long-term association of pregnancy and maternal brain structure: the Rotterdam Study.European journal of epidemiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
The time of pregnancy, birth, and lactation, is characterized by numerous specific alterations in several systems of the maternal body. Peripartum-associated changes in physiology and behavior, as well as their underlying molecular mechanisms, have been the focus of research since decades, but are still far from being entirely understood. Also, there is growing evidence that pregnancy and lactation are associated with a variety of alterations in neural plasticity, including adult neurogenesis, functional and structural synaptic plasticity, and dendritic remodeling in different brain regions. All of the mentioned changes are not only believed to be a prerequisite for the proper fetal and neonatal development, but moreover to be crucial for the physiological and mental health of the mother. The underlying mechanisms apparently need to be under tight control, since in cases of dysregulation, a certain percentage of women develop disorders like preeclampsia or postpartum mood and anxiety disorders during the course of pregnancy and lactation. This review describes common peripartum adaptations in physiology and behavior. Moreover, it concentrates on different forms of peripartum-associated plasticity including changes in neurogenesis and their possible underlying molecular mechanisms. Finally, consequences of malfunction in those systems are discussed.
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