Giving birth is an important event in a woman’s life. Although this conversion process comes with its challenges, very little information about how The Hippocampus and Amygdala changes during this time. The new research has found the first evidence to link postpartum depression with changes in their brain during pregnancy. Postpartum depression affects about one of the seven women giving birth, however, there is not much information about what happens to the brain of pregnant women who experience it. According to studyChu Sinh depression originates from a combination of hormonal changes, genetic trends and environmental factors, but up to 50% of cases are still not diagnosed due to the stigma around the patient’s state and reluctance in revealing symptoms. A new one learn Published in Science Advances magazine, explore to see Hippocampus and Amygdala changes during Peripartum regarding birth experience and symptoms of depression.
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Research shows that women who develop postpartum depression symptoms have increased their amygdala mass, part of the brain that controls fear, emotion and memory. Women find that their childbirth is stress showing an increase in their vagina mass, part of the brain that controls fear, emotion and memory.
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Maybe people with Amygdala are more likely to be changed, and have a higher risk of postpartum depression. It can also be another way, that somehow these depression symptoms create an increase in the volume of Amygdala, Mr. Sus Susana Carmona, a senior author of the study, a neuroscientist leading the nerve lab at the director.
The researchers promote biological signs to predict the risk of postpartum depression
Researchers have studied 88 pregnant women (first -time mothers who had no previous depression history) and 30 women who were not pregnant as a control group. Pregnant participants have experienced the brain scanning in the third trimester and once again about a month after giving birth. They found that after giving birth, 15 women had moderate symptoms, while 13 women had more serious symptoms that require medical care. In addition, the childbirth but no complications are associated with increased risk of depression.
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These findings may pave the way for more deeply research on how to change the brain related to mood, anxiety and postpartum depression. More deep research to determine changes in the brain of pregnant women can also help improve early prediction, diagnosis and treatment of postpartum depression. (Polite pic: iStock)
