Scans show brain reorganization during pregnancy

(The Hill) -- Pregnancy appears to trigger a kind of “reorganization” of an expecting mother’s brain, new research suggests.  MRI images taken of a 38-year-old woman throughout her pregnancy show the condition caused an extensive restructuring of her brain, according to a proof-of-concept study published Monday in the journal Nature Neuroscience.  As part of the study, neuroscientist and first-time mother Elizabeth Chrastil underwent 26 magnetic resonan