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Mommy Brain Revisited

Mommy Brain Revisited

Dr. Jodi Pawluski

A podcast on all things parenting and the brain. Talking with leading researchers in the field. Monthly episodes. Music - All in my head, Luna Wave (soundstripe) Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mommybrainrevisited/support

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  • 53 - 52. Oxytocin and Baby Cries

    In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited, I talk with Dr Silvana Valtcheva, a Junior Group Leader at University of Cologne in the Faculty of Medicine, about her recent work on oxytocin and it’s role in the maternal brain and behaviour.


    For more about Dr Valtcheva’s research see: www.valtchevalab.com


    Paper we talk about: Valtcheva S*#, Issa HA*, Bair-Marshall CJ, Martin KA, Jung K, Zhang Y, Kwon HB, Froemke RC#, Neural circuitry for maternal oxytocin release induced by infant cries. 2023 Nature. Sep;621(7980):788-795. (*co-first author; #co-corresponding author)





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    Fri, 01 Nov 2024 - 49min
  • 52 - 51. Dad Brain

    In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited, I talk with Dr Darby Saxbe, Professor of Psychology at USC Dornslife.

    We talk about her recent work on how brain changes in fathers may reflect parenting engagement and mental health risk. Fascinating!


    For more about Dr Saxbe see https://dornsife.usc.edu/nestlab/current-members/

    Her book ‘Dad Brain’ will be out in 2026! Can't wait!


    Paper we talk about: Saxbe D, Martínez-García M. Cortical volume reductions in men transitioning to first-time fatherhood reflect both parenting engagement and mental health risk. Cereb Cortex. 2024 Apr 1;34(4):bhae126. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhae126. PMID: 38615244.


    For more about Jodi Pawluski see www.jodipawluski.com.



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    Fri, 06 Sep 2024 - 29min
  • 51 - 50. Birth and the Brain

    In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr Susana Carmona, Research Scientist at the Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón in Madrid, Spain.


    We talk about her recent research on how a mother’s brain changes from late pregnancy to the early postpartum published in Nature Neuroscience early this year.


    Fascinating research and the first of its kind!


    For more about Dr Carmona see: https://neuromaternal.es/


    Her book is available in Spanish and titled: Neuromaternal: ¿Qué le pasa a mi cerebro durante el embarazo y la maternidad?.


    For our episode together on Matrescence and Adolescence see episode 6 here.  

    Paper we talk about: Paternina-Die, M., Martínez-García, M., Martín de Blas, D. et al. Women’s neuroplasticity during gestation, childbirth and postpartum. Nat Neurosci 27, 319–327 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-023-01513-2⁠ Link to paper⁠

     

     

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    Fri, 06 Sep 2024 - 27min
  • 50 - 49. Nesting and Neurons

    In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr Nicolas Renier, the Team Leader of the Laboratory of Structural Plasticity at the Paris Brain Institute.


    We talk about his work on the neural mechanisms modulating nest building in mice during pregnancy. A fascinating study with amazing neuroscience techniques.


    We also talk about the value of using pregnancy as a model to understand neurophysiological processes, the important role of pregnancy in remodeling certain parts of the brain, what progesterone can do to neurons and more. Fascinating!


    For more about Dr Renier see: www.renier-lab.com


    Link to paper


    Paper citation: Topilko T, Diaz SL, Pacheco CM, Verny F, Rousseau CV, Kirst C, Deleuze C, Gaspar P, Renier N. Edinger-Westphal peptidergic neurons enable maternal preparatory nesting. Neuron. 2022 Apr 20;110(8):1385-1399.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2022.01.012. Epub 2022 Feb 4. PMID: 35123655; PMCID: PMC9090132.


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    Fri, 05 Jul 2024 - 51min
  • 49 - 48. Growing a Social Brain

    In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr Shir Atzil an Assistant Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. We discuss her recent Perspective in Nature Human Behaviour titled ‘Growing A Social Brain’. A must read! We talk about the importance of a caregiver or caregivers in growing a social brain, what happens when infants are more challenging or parents are struggling, and the fact that the parental brain is actually in charge of two brains. You won’t want to miss this one! For more information on Dr Atzil see https://www.atzillab.com/ Here is a link to the paper that we talk about: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-018-0384-6#auth-Shir-Atzil Citation: Atzil, S., Gao, W., Fradkin, I. et al. Growing a social brain. Nat Hum Behav 2, 624–636 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-018-0384-6 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mommybrainrevisited/support

    Fri, 07 Jun 2024 - 53min
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