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@ARTICLE{Lotter:1030870,
author = {Lotter, Leon and Nehls, Susanne and Losse, Elena and
Dukart, Jürgen and Chechko, Natalya},
title = {{T}emporal dissociation between local and global functional
adaptations of the maternal brain to childbirth: a
longitudinal assessment},
journal = {Neuropsychopharmacology},
volume = {49},
issn = {0893-133X},
address = {London},
publisher = {Springer Nature},
reportid = {FZJ-2024-05479},
pages = {1809-1818},
year = {2024},
note = {FundingThe study was funded by the Rotation Program
(2015–2017) of the Medical Faculty, University Hospital
RWTH Aachen, and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG;
410314797 and 512021469). Open Access funding enabled and
organized by Projekt DEAL.},
abstract = {The maternal brain undergoes significant reorganization
during birth and the postpartum period. However, the
temporal dynamics of these changes remain unclear. Using
resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging, we
report on local and global brain function alterations in 75
mothers in their first postpartum week, compared to 23
nulliparous women. In a subsample followed longitudinally
for the next six months, we observed a temporal and spatial
dissociation between changes observed at baseline (cluster
mass permutation: pFWE < 0.05). Local activity and
connectivity changes in widespread neocortical regions
persisted throughout the studied time period (ANCOVAs vs.
controls: pFDR < 0.05), with preliminary evidence linking
these alterations to behavioral and psychological
adaptations (interaction effect with postpartum time:
uncorrected p < 0.05). In contrast, the initially reduced
whole-brain connectivity of putamen-centered subcortical
areas returned to control levels within six to nine weeks
postpartum (linear and quadratic mixed linear models: pFDR <
0.05). The whole-brain spatial colocalization with hormone
receptor distributions (Spearman correlations: pFDR < 0.05)
and preliminary blood hormone associations (interaction
effect with postpartum time: uncorrected p < 0.05) suggested
that the postpartum restoration of progesterone levels may
underlie this rapid normalization. These observations
enhance our understanding of healthy maternal brain
function, contributing to the identification of potential
markers for pathological postpartum adaptation processes,
which in turn could underlie postpartum psychiatric
disorders.},
cin = {INM-7},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-7-20090406},
pnm = {5252 - Brain Dysfunction and Plasticity (POF4-525) / 5251 -
Multilevel Brain Organization and Variability (POF4-525)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5252 / G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5251},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {38769432},
UT = {WOS:001228387400001},
doi = {10.1038/s41386-024-01880-9},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1030870},
}