Becoming a mother: An integrative model of adaptations for motherhood during pregnancy and the postpartum period.

Project Information

BEMOTHER

Grant agreement ID: 883069

DOI

10.3030/883069

EC signature date 9 September 2020

Start date 1 October 2020

End date 30 September 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 2 465 131,00

EU contribution

€ 2 465 131,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITAT AUTONOMA DE BARCELONA
Spain

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Deliverables

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Data Management Plan

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (12)

Women’s neuroplasticity during gestation, childbirth, and postpartum

Author(s): María Paternina-Die, Magdalena Martínez-García, Daniel Martín de Blas, Inés Noguero, Camila Servin-Servet, Clara Pretus, Anna Soler, Gonzalo López-Montoya, Manuel Desco, Susanna Carmona
Published in: Nature Neuroscience, 2024, ISSN 1097-6256
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2723150/v1

The cumulative production and conjugation of steroid hormones during pregnancy predict postpartum depressive mood

Author(s): Anna Soler, Francisco Madrid-Gambín, Olha Khymenets, Camila Servin-Barthet, Magdalena Martínez-García, Maria Paternina-Die, Montserrat Montané-García, Clara Pretus, Susana Carmona, Óscar J. Pozo, Oscar Vilarroya
Published in: European Neuropsychopharmacology, Issue 94, 2025, Page(s) 20-21, ISSN 0924-977X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2025.02.004

The Paternal Transition Entails Neuroanatomic Adaptations that are Associated with the Father's Brain Response to his Infant Cues.

Author(s): María Paternina-Die; Magdalena Martínez-García; Clara Pretus; Elseline Hoekzema; Erika Barba-Müller; Daniel Martín de Blas; Cristina Pozzobon; Agustín Ballesteros; Oscar Vilarroya; Manuel Desco; Susanna Carmona
Published in: Cerebral Cortex Communications, Issue 3, 2020, ISSN 2632-7376
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/texcom/tgaa082

Feto-maternal microchimerism: Memories from pregnancy.

Author(s): Cómitre-Mariano, Blanca; Martínez-García, Magdalena; García-Gálvez, Bárbara; Paternina-Die, María; Desco, Manuel; Carmona, Susanna; Gómez-Gaviro, María Victoria
Published in: iScience, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 2589-0042
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.103664

Nothing in Cognitive Neuroscience Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution

Author(s): Oscar Vilarroya
Published in: NeuroSci, 2021, ISSN 2673-4087
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/neurosci2020013

Profile of steroid metabolites in human breast milk in different stages of lactation

Author(s): Olha Khymenets, Oscar Vilarroya, Georgina Benet, Georgina Feixas, Angela Arranz Betegon, Malcolm D. McLeod, Oscar J. Pozo
Published in: Food & Function, Issue 16, 2025, Page(s) 4035-4047, ISSN 2042-650X
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d4fo05713a

First-time fathers show longitudinal gray matter cortical volume reductions: evidence from two international samples

Author(s): Magdalena Martínez-García, María Paternina-Die, Sofia I Cardenas, Oscar Vilarroya, Manuel Desco, Susanna Carmona, Darby E Saxbe
Published in: Cerebral Cortex, Issue 33, 2023, Page(s) 4156-4163, ISSN 1047-3211
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhac333

Linking birth experience and perinatal depression symptoms to neuroanatomical changes in hippocampus and amygdala

Author(s): Cristina Ballesteros, María Paternina-Die, Magdalena Martínez-García, Gonzalo López-Montoya, Inés Noguero, Manuel Desco, Oscar Vilarroya, Daniel Martín de Blas, Susana Carmona
Published in: Science Advances, Issue 11, 2025, ISSN 2375-2548
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adt5619

Previous pregnancies might mitigate cortical brain differences associated with surgical menopause

Author(s): Alberto Fernández‐Pena, Francisco J. Navas‐Sánchez, Daniel Martín de Blas, Luis Marcos‐Vidal, Manuel Desco, Susanna Carmona
Published in: Human Brain Mapping, Issue 45, 2024, ISSN 1065-9471
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26538

Characterizing the Brain Structural Adaptations Across the Motherhood Transition.

Author(s): Magdalena Martínez-García; Magdalena Martínez-García; María Paternina-Die; María Paternina-Die; Manuel Desco; Manuel Desco; Manuel Desco; Manuel Desco; Oscar Vilarroya; Oscar Vilarroya; Susanna Carmona; Susanna Carmona
Published in: Frontiers in Global Women's Health, Vol 2 (2021), Issue 2, 2021, ISSN 2673-5059
Publisher: Frontiers in Global Womens Health
DOI: 10.3389/fgwh.2021.742775

Pregnancy Entails a U-Shaped Trajectory in Human Brain Structure Linked to Hormones and Maternal Attachment

Author(s): Camila Servin-Barthet, Magdalena Martínez-García, María Paternina-Die, Luis Marcos-Vidal, Daniel Martín de Blas, Anna Soler, Olha Khymenets, Daniel Bergé, Gemma Casals, Pilar Prats, Óscar Pozo, Clara Pretus, Susana Carmona, Oscar Vilarroya
Published in: Pregnancy entails a U-shaped trajectory in human brain structure linked to hormones and maternal attachment, 2025, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4124712/v1

The transition to motherhood: linking hormones, brain and behaviour

Author(s): Camila Servin-Barthet, Magdalena Martínez-García, Clara Pretus, Maria Paternina-Die, Anna Soler, Olha Khymenets, Óscar J. Pozo, Benedetta Leuner, Oscar Vilarroya, Susana Carmona
Published in: Nature Reviews Neuroscience, Issue 24, 2023, Page(s) 605-619, ISSN 1471-003X
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41583-023-00733-6