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Pregnancy restructures the brain to prepare for childbirth and parenthood

A case study has revealed widespread changes to the maternal brain during pregnancy. This is a milestone in the emerging neuroscience of ‘matrescence’ — the idea that pregnancy is a developmental stage in adulthood.

Clare McCormack
Moriah Thomason
News & Views05 Dec 2024
Nature

Volume: 636, P: 583-584
Human brain R2* transitions across birth from the womb to early infancy

Using 147 MRIs (25–60 weeks), this first longitudinal study of R2* across fetal to neonatal periods shows distinct regional trajectories, with linear and non-linear patterns reflecting iron-related maturation and perinatal adaptation.

Lanxin Ji
Bosi Chen
Moriah E. Thomason
ResearchOpen Access14 Nov 2025
Communications Biology

Volume: 8, P: 1-9
COVID-19 infection during pregnancy and infant neurodevelopment

Moriah E. Thomason
Denise M. Werchan
Clare McCormack
Research10 Oct 2025
Pediatric Research

P: 1-11
Behavioral coping phenotypes and associated psychosocial outcomes of pregnant and postpartum women during the COVID-19 pandemic

Denise M. Werchan
Cassandra L. Hendrix
Natalie H. Brito
ResearchOpen Access24 Jan 2022
Scientific Reports

Volume: 12, P: 1-12
Maternal stress during pregnancy alters fetal cortico-cerebellar connectivity in utero and increases child sleep problems after birth

Marion I. van den Heuvel
Jasmine L. Hect
Moriah E. Thomason
ResearchOpen Access26 Jan 2021
Scientific Reports

Volume: 11, P: 1-12
Weak functional connectivity in the human fetal brain prior to preterm birth

Moriah E. Thomason
Dustin Scheinost
Roberto Romero
ResearchOpen Access09 Jan 2017
Scientific Reports

Volume: 7, P: 1-10
Perceived discrimination as a modifier of health, disease, and medicine: empirical data from the COVID-19 pandemic

Moriah E. Thomason
Cassandra L. Hendrix
Natalie H. Brito
ResearchOpen Access15 Jul 2022
Translational Psychiatry

Volume: 12, P: 1-8
Interactive relations between maternal prenatal stress, fetal brain connectivity, and gestational age at delivery

Moriah E. Thomason
Jasmine L. Hect
Paul Curtin
ResearchOpen Access29 Jun 2021
Neuropsychopharmacology

Volume: 46, P: 1839-1847
Childhood Trauma Exposure Disrupts the Automatic Regulation of Emotional Processing

Hilary A Marusak
Kayla R Martin
Moriah E Thomason
Research21 Nov 2014
Neuropsychopharmacology

Volume: 40, P: 1250-1258
COVID-19 patient accounts of illness severity, treatments and lasting symptoms

Moriah E. Thomason
Denise Werchan
Cassandra L. Hendrix
ResearchOpen Access10 Jan 2022
Scientific Data

Volume: 9, P: 1-7
Effects of prenatal psychosocial stress and COVID-19 infection on infant attention and socioemotional development

Denise M. Werchan
Cassandra L. Hendrix
Natalie H. Brito
Research27 Sept 2023
Pediatric Research

Volume: 95, P: 1279-1287
A comparison of the infant gut microbiome before versus after the start of the covid-19 pandemic

Francesca R. Querdasi
Sarah C. Vogel
Natalie H. Brito
ResearchOpen Access16 Aug 2023
Scientific Reports

Volume: 13, P: 1-12
Cord blood cytokines/chemokines linked to delays in toddlers exposed to SARS-CoV-2 prenatally

Renata Castro Kehdi
Maria Francilene Souza Silva
Danielle S. Macedo
Research11 Jun 2025
Pediatric Research

Volume: 98, P: 1817-1826
Maternal perceived stress and infant behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic

Holly Bradley
Dana Fine
Beth A. Smith
ResearchOpen Access27 Jul 2023
Pediatric Research

Volume: 94, P: 2098-2104