Neurophysiological and cognitive changes in pregnancy

DR Grattan, SR Ladyman - Handbook of Clinical Neurology, 2020 - Elsevier
The hormonal fluctuations in pregnancy drive a wide range of adaptive changes in the
maternal brain. These range from specific neurophysiological changes in the patterns of
activity of individual neuronal populations, through to complete modification of circuit
characteristics leading to fundamental changes in behavior. From a neurologic perspective,
the key hormone changes are those of the sex steroids, estradiol and progesterone,
secreted first from the ovary and then from the placenta, the adrenal glucocorticoid cortisol …