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This Week in Neuroscience

Vincent Racaniello

TWiN 54: How pregnancy transforms the brain

OCT 1, 202465 MIN
This Week in Neuroscience

TWiN 54: How pregnancy transforms the brain

OCT 1, 202465 MIN

Description

TWiN explores how pregnancy leads to modifications in brain structure and function that may prepare the mother for parenting.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Jason Shepherd, and Vivianne Morrison

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Music is by Ronald Jenkees

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