From baby brain to mommy brain: Widespread gray matter gain after giving birth

2020/01/28 by Eileen Luders, Eileen Lüders, Florian Kurth +7 · 30 citations
Medicine · #Neonatal and fetal brain pathology #Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum #Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications

paper · doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2019.12.029

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