CEREBRAL CORTEX: The first time when dad had a decrease in cortical structure

In modern society, fathers are increasingly involved in parenting, which has a positive potential impact on
children's social, emotional and cognitive functions.

Emerging evidence suggests that the transition to parenthood is a key window
into neuroplasticity in adults.

Magdalena Martínez-García of the Gregorio Marañón Institute of Health in Madrid, Spain, published a research article at CEREBRAL CORTEX to study the longitudinal changes in gray matter in the brain of fathers for the first time
.

The study reports an international collaboration between two laboratories in Spain and California (USA) that prospectively collected structural neuroimaging data
from 20 fathers-to-be before and after the birth of their first child.

New dad in Spain had a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of the brain before their partner became pregnant, and another scan a few months after the birth of their child
.

Results of the study:

Figure 1.

The cortex volume of the first patrons in Spain and California decreased by 1.

Figure 2: Single-sample t-test analysis
of the percentage change (y-axis) between prenatal and postnatal MRI scans for each indicator.

Figure 3.

In the two samples of first-time fatherhood, the tendency of cortical volume reduction and the tendency of preservation of subcortical structures in the default and visual networks overlapped, a trend that
persisted after controlling the age of birth scans of fathers and children.

The study reports an international collaboration between two laboratories that prospectively collects structural neuroimaging data
from men before and after the birth of their first child.

Source of the original text

Martínez-García M, Paternina-Die M, Cardenas SI, et al.

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