Neuroscience of pregnancy

Magdalena Martínez-García PhD

✔️Researching the brain changes and neuroplasticity associated with pregnancy and parenthood

✔️Research groups: Jacobs lab at UC Santa Barbara, Neuromaternal lab at IISGM Madrid.

✔️ Interested in females' brain adaptations during vital hormonal transitions such as adolescence, pregnancy and menopause.

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Teaching

Learn with me about female neuroendocrinology

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Research

For six years, I have been using neuroimaging to study how the brain changes during pregnancy and motherhood. Here you can learn about the research projects and initiatives I am currently involved with.

Neuromaternal LabJacobs LabBemother projectAnn S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative My articles

Teaching

The influence of vital hormonal transitions on the female brain is a fascinating topic that has traditionally been ignored by the scientific and healthcare system. Join me to learn about the latest advances in this field.

El cerebro parental: Neurociencia del embarazo y posparto

Scientific Divulgation

If you want to understand what happens in your brain when you become a mother or father, these articles explain the results of our research in a simple way

Fatherhood changes men's brains, according to before-and-after MRI scansBrain structural adaptations to motherhood: a hard nut to crackTu cerebro después de ser madre Tu cerebro después de ser padreBrain study identifies a cost of caregiving for new fathers

Outreach

'Mom brain' isn't a joke. The Atlantic. 2022Becoming a father shrinks your cerebrum. The Economist. 2022What paternity leave does for a father's brain. The New York Times. 2021El cerebro de la madre cambia durante el embarazo. DCiencia 2023Entrevista Instituto Europeo de Salud Mental Perinatal. 2023'Matrescencia' o cómo el cerebro de las madres cambia hasta seis años después del parto. El Pais 2023Investigando la matrescencia. Ibone Olza 2023La paternidad encoge el cerebro en padres primerizos. La Voz de Galicia. 2022El embarazo transforma el cerebro de las mujeres para favorecer el vínculo con sus hijos. El País 2022.La regla, el parto, el embarazo y esas cosas de las que no habla el patriarcado. Podcast Carne Cruda.Ser madre te cambia literalmente el cerebro. Podcast Longitud de Onda RTVELet's talk about the Parental Brain. Podcast Let's Talk About WomenThis is your brain on fatherhood. British QC. 2024Your brain literally changes when you become a mom. Expectful. 2024.Dad Brain is Real, and It's a Good Thing. New York Times. 2024Cambios en el cerebro durante el embarazo. Podcast "Hablando con Científicos". 2024

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