A study finds that, driven by female hormones, mice in the late stages of pregnancy begin to behave more like parents and, if replicated in humans, could mean women start to develop the conditions known as 'baby brain' before, rather than after, giving birth.
The condition known as 'baby brain' may be caused by hormonal changes before birth, rather than, as commonly thought, as a result of the impact of bearing a child, scientists have said. A study of mice by a team from the Francis Crick Institute, found their brains began preparing for 'the big life change' of having children long before giving birth.
' Mr Kohl said the changes - often referred to as 'baby brain' - cause a change in priorities. 'What's fascinating is that this switch doesn't happen at birth - the brain is preparing much earlier for this big life change.' Backing up this theory, the team found that by making the neurons in the brain of mice insensitive to hormone changes, the animals no longer started to behave like parents.
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