BUFFALO, N.Y. — From an evolutionary perspective, human pregnancy is quite strange, says University at Buffalo biologist Vincent Lynch. “For example, we don’t know why human women go into labor,” ...

Scientists uncover how pregnancy transforms the brain, with gray matter changes that shape maternal instincts and well-being for the long haul. Study: Pregnancy entails a U-shaped trajectory in human ...

A study of horses -- which share many important similarities with humans in their chromosomes and pregnancies -- revealed that 42% of miscarriages and spontaneous abortions in the first two months of ...

During pregnancy, the body goes through a remarkable transformation, so it should come as no surprise that the brain does too. However, the extent of these changes has not been well studied. Now, in ...

(Santa Barbara, Calif) — Pregnancy is a transformative time in a person’s life where the body undergoes rapid physiological adaptations to prepare for motherhood — that we all know. What has remained ...

Pregnancy overhauls a woman’s body. The brain is no exception. A detailed study of a woman’s brain before, during and after pregnancy revealed sweeping neural changes, some of which stuck around ...

Researchers follow the dramatic changes that occur in the brain throughout the course of pregnancy. Pregnancy is a transformative time in a person's life where the body undergoes rapid physiological ...