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Scientists show how pregnancy changes the brain in innumerable ways (apnews.com)

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Neuroscientist Liz Chrastil got the unique chance to see how her brain changed while she was pregnant and share what she learned in a new study that offers the first detailed map of a woman's brain throughout gestation.

The transition to motherhood, researchers discovered, affects nearly every part of the brain.

Although the study looks at only one person, it kicks off a large, international research project that aims to scan the brains of hundreds of women and could one day provide clues about disorders like postpartum depression.

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[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 30 points 2 months ago (3 children)

It's genuinely surprising how little studies there are that focus on women's health. I remember my sister telling me about a book she was reading called Invisible Women and she would tell me about so many oversights there are in the medical field because most of the studies and baselines were centered around a man's physiology and not woman's. I mean we all knew that a women's brain changes during pregnancy but why is it that we only just recently started tracking it in 2024? And it's not even a thorough study. They did it for one woman in the hopes to make it into a bigger study.

[–] faceula@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Invisible Women is an incredible book I urge all my (male) friends to read it. Fascinating and scary.

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