The Maternal Brain: An Organ with Peripartal Plasticity
Figure 1
Graphical presentation of hippocampal morphology in the hippocampal subregions dentate gyrus (DG), CA1, and CA3 in (a) nulliparous, (b) pregnant, and (c) lactating females; I: cell proliferation/survival, II: dendritic length and complexity of pyramidal neurons, and III: spine density on pyramidal neurons.
