01260nas a2200349   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260001200043653001000055653002700065653001700092653002400109100002200133700002400155700002200179700001900201700002000220700002600240700002300266700001800289700001700307700002100324700002500345700002000370700002000390245006900410856004400479300001200523490000700535520035400542022001400896       2017                            d  c2017-0210aBrain10aCognitive neuroscience10aNeuroscience10aSocial neuroscience1 aElseline Hoekzema1 aErika Barba-Müller1 aCristina Pozzobon1 aMarisol Picado1 aFlorencio Lucco1 aDavid García-García1 aJuan Carlos Soliva1 aAdolf Tobeña1 aManuel Desco1 aEveline A. Crone1 aAgustín Ballesteros1 aSusanna Carmona1 aOscar Vilarroya00aPregnancy leads to long-lasting changes in human brain structure  uhttps://www.nature.com/articles/nn.4458  a287-2960 v203 aThe authors show that pregnancy involves substantial and consistent structural changes in the human brain, primarily located in regions subserving social cognition. These changes overlap with areas that respond to the mothers' babies and predict measures of postpartum maternal attachment. Moreover, they endure for at least 2 years after pregnancy.  a1546-1726