For the first time, scientists have observed the brain throughout the pregnancy timeline, from pre-conception to postpartum.

A neuroscientist underwent MRIs during her pregnancy and postpartum. Her team found two major changes in her brain.

A study tracks how the structure of the brain changes during pregnancy, drawing on brain scans gathered before, during and ...

The findings show that some parts of the human brain may shrink in size during pregnancy, but become better connected.

During Katz's experiment, researchers analyzed scans to identify the exact moment during each film scene that the viewer's amygdala -- the part of the brain linked to several emotions, including ...

As with any type of tumor, brain tumors are an abnormal growth of cells, the number of which will determine, in part, the overall size of the tumor. In the case of benign brain tumors, these cells ...

Pregnancy appears to trigger a kind of “reorganization” of an expecting mother’s brain, new research suggests. MRI images ...

Some parts of the brain go through major changes during pregnancy and only a few regions remain untouched, the first map of the process suggests. MRI scans taken before conception, throughout ...