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Mommy Brain Revisited

43 EpisodesProduced by Dr. Jodi PawluskiWebsite

A podcast for parents, health care providers, scientists and anyone interested in current research on ‘mommy brain’ and brain changes with parenting. Talking with leading researchers in the field. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mommybrainrevisited/support

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42. Zuranolone

September 4th, 2023

55:53

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr. Kristina M. Deligiannidis, MD, Professor, Institute of Behavioral Science, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Director, Women’s Behavioral Health, Zucker …

41. Fatherhood, Neurosteroids, and Fish

July 11th, 2023

55:41

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr. Devaleena Pradhan, Associate Professor of Behavioral Neuroendocrinology and Physiology at …

40. Mindfulness and the Parental Brain

June 5th, 2023

54:14

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr. Tara Chaplin, Associate Professor of Psychology at George Mason University, USA. We talk …

39. Oxytocin Neurons and Alloparenting

May 2nd, 2023

55:13

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr. Robert Froemke, Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and …

38. Mommy Brain in the USA

April 3rd, 2023

57:36

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Valerie Miller, a PhD candidate in Anthropology at Purdue University. We talk about her recent …

37. Pregnancy and the Brain 2.0

March 1st, 2023

25:38

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr. Elseline Hoekzema, Assistant Professor, Adult Psychiatry and Amsterdam Neuroscience at …

36. It's Time To Rebrand 'Mommy Brain'

February 6th, 2023

21:38

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I read our viewpoint in JAMA Neurology titled "It's time to rebrand 'Mommy Brain'" published Feb 6, 2023 and …

35. Child Maltreatment and the Maternal Brain

December 9th, 2022

49:48

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr Margaret Bublitz, a Clinical Psychologist and an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human …

34. After the Storm

November 9th, 2022

49:46

On this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited talk with Emma Jane Unsworth, British writer and bestselling author. We talk about her memoir After the Storm: Postnatal Depression and the Utter Weirdness of New Motherhood and …

33. The Perfect Storm: Understanding Perinatal Mental Illness

October 6th, 2022

51:31

On this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Prof Carmine Pariante, a psychiatrist and professor at King's College London. This episode is …

32. Milking It For All It's Worth

September 1st, 2022

43:03

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr. Amanda Kentner a Full Professor at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in …

31. Memory Expertise in Pregnancy?

March 28th, 2022

37:12

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr. Bridget Callaghan, an Assistant Professor at UCLA, about recent research she’s done on memory during pregnancy. Love this research! We talk about “baby brain”, …

30. Adult-Infant Brain Synchrony and the Importance of Maternal Cues

January 24th, 2022

37:36

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr. Ruth Feldman, the Simms-Mann Professor of Developmental Social Neuroscience at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzlia with joint appointment at Yale Child …

29. Fatherhood and the Brain

November 12th, 2021

42:06

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr. James Rilling a Professor in the Department of Anthropology and the Department of Psychiatry …

28. Motherhood and Minding Your Microbes

September 30th, 2021

44:39

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr. Siobhain O’Mahony a Senior Lecturer at University College Cork, Ireland. We talk about the …

27. Motherhood and Brain Aging

August 31st, 2021

27:54

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr. Ann-Marie de Lange a Maitre-Assistant Ambizione FNS (Assistant Professor) at the Centre for Research in Neuroscience, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, …

26. Sociocultural Stress and Maternal Mental Health

July 29th, 2021

44:40

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr. Kimberly D'Anna-Hernandez an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at …

25. Brain Activity from Pregnancy to Postpartum

June 25th, 2021

43:57

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr. Helena Rutherford an Assistant Professor at the Yale Child Study Center in the USA. We talk about her research using EEG (brain waves) to understand brain changes …

24. Mom-Baby Neural Synchrony

May 14th, 2021

53:15

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr. Victoria Leong an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Nanyang Technological University in …

23. Sleep and Motherhood

March 12th, 2021

48:51

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr Katherine M. Sharkey, an Associate Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry & Human Behavior …

22. Postpartum Depression and the Amygdala

February 19th, 2021

39:36

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Aya Dudin, a PhD Candidate in Neuroscience, supervised by Dr. Geoffrey Hall, at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. We talk about her research on the …

21. Oxytocin and Bonding

January 29th, 2021

54:41

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr. Larry Young, a William P. Timmie Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the …

20. The Neurobiology of Postpartum Psychosis

January 7th, 2021

52:51

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Prof Paola Dazzan, Professor of Neurobiology of Psychosis, Vice Dean (International) at the …

19. The Neurons Essential For Parenting

December 3rd, 2020

53:43

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr Catherine Dulac, Higgins Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University and …

18. Dopamine in the Postpartum

November 19th, 2020

1:02:28

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr Millie Rincón-Cortés, a Research Assistant Professor in Department of Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh in the USA. We talk about her research …

17. Stress and the Maternal Brain

November 5th, 2020

59:59

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr Pilyoung Kim, an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of …

16. Immune Changes in the Maternal Brain

October 22nd, 2020

39:59

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr Benedetta Leuner who is an Associate Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience in the Department …

15. Enduring Effects of Parenting on the Brain

October 8th, 2020

46:20

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Winnie Orchard, a PhD candidate at the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health and Monash Biomedical Imaging, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Her recent …

14. Opioid Use and the Maternal Brain

September 24th, 2020

57:49

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr James Swain, a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Associate Professor in the Department of …

13. Pregnancy and the Brain

September 10th, 2020

37:07

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr Elseline Hoekzema, a senior neuroscientist at the Brain & Development Research Center, Leiden University, the Netherlands. We talk about her research …

12. Partner Loss and the Maternal Brain

August 27th, 2020

45:27

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr. Oliver Bosch, Professor in the Faculty of Biology and Preclinical Medicine at the University …

11. Maternal Experience and the Ageing Maternal Brain

August 13th, 2020

45:41

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr. Liisa Galea, Professor in the Department of Psychology and Centre for Brain Health at The …

10. TIDA Neurons and Lactation: A focus on network activity

July 30th, 2020

43:00

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr. Christian Broberger, Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Stockholm …

9. Postpartum Attention: An important component of Mommy Brain

July 16th, 2020

53:21

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Valerie Miller, MA, a PhD Candidate in the Department of Anthropology at Purdue University in …

8. Prolactin and the Maternal Brain: So much more than for lactation!

July 3rd, 2020

59:07

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Professor Dave Grattan the Director of the Centre of Neuroendocrinology, Department of Anatomy, …

7. Fatherhood and the Hippocampus: Importance of interacting with kids

June 19th, 2020

41:43

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr Erica Glasper an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of …

6. Matrescence and Adolescence: Which has a greater impact on the brain?

June 5th, 2020

29:27

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr. Susanna Carmona from the Neuroimaging Centre in the Laboratory for Medical Imaging at the Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon in Madrid, Spain. We …

5. Mommy Brain during Pregnancy: What does the Science Say?

May 28th, 2020

30:39

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Sasha Davies a PhD Candidate in the Cognitive Neuroscience Unit in the School of Psychology at …

4. Fear Memories and the Maternal Brain: More than just sex differences, motherhood matters.

May 20th, 2020

37:07

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr Bronwyn Graham an Associate Professor at School of Psychology at the University of New South …

3. Roundup and Maternal Gut-Brain effects: Should we worry about glyphosate?

May 13th, 2020

30:41

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Professor Thierry Charlier at the Institut de Recherche en Santé, Environnement et Travail (Irset) at the Universitie de Rennes 1 (France) about his research on how …

2. Allopregnanolone to Zulresso: A treatment for Postpartum Depression

May 6th, 2020

31:59

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr Jamie Maguire an Associate Professor of Neuroscience in the Graduate School of Biomedical …

1. Anxiety and the Maternal Brain

April 22nd, 2020

39:03

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr Joseph Lonstein a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Michigan State University …

0. Why we need to revisit Mommy Brain

April 9th, 2020

8:40

This episode is a brief introduction as to why I'm doing this podcast; Why we need to talk about what we know and what we don't know when it comes to brain changes during pregnancy and the postpartum period - in health …

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