Latest

cesarean section

·February 17, 2023·9 min read

Prairie Voles Born via C-Section Can’t Bond: Is Birth Key to How We Love and Relate?

Prairie voles born via cesarean section were unable to form pair bonds. However, exposing them to oxytocin allowed the c-section-born prairie voles to form pair bonds upon maturity. The findings raise an interesting question: Is our method of birth more important to how we love and form relationships than we realize?

This shows a pregnant woman being hugged by her partner

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·August 22, 2022·4 min read

Sexual Enjoyment Following Childbirth Is Not Altered by Different Delivery Methods

In the years following birth, researchers found sexual enjoyment appears to be unaffected by the method of delivery at birth.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·February 4, 2020·4 min read

General anesthesia in cesarean deliveries increases odds of postpartum depression by 54%

Women who are given a general anesthetic during a cesarean section delivery have a 54% higher risk of developing postpartum depression. The odds of suicidal thoughts or self-inflicting injury increased to 91%. The study points to a potential protective effect on mental health for regional anesthesia during cesarean section compared to general anesthetic.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·September 21, 2019·4 min read

Babies born by C-section have different gut bacteria

The mode of delivery at birth is a significant factor in the composition of gut bacteria. Children born via cesarean section have reduced levels of 'good' bacteria and an increased number of pathogens linked to the hospital environment.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·August 1, 2019·4 min read

Autonomic nervous system appears to function well regardless of mode of childbirth

The autonomic nervous system and cortical systems function similarly in low-risk newborns whether they experienced labor and natural birth or were born via elective cesarean section. However, those who were delivered via C-Section following long periods of labor had increased accelerations in heart rate and lower gamma frequency EEG a day after birth than the other two groups.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·July 19, 2019·3 min read

Relationship between type of delivery and twins’ psychological development

The delivery method of twins may play a role in their neuropsychological development. A correlation has been discovered between twins born by cesarean section and poor cognitive development compared to twins born via virginal delivery.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·November 30, 2018·4 min read

Altered Microbiome Post Cesarean Section Impacts Baby’s Immune System

Findings may explain why children born by C-sections are more prone to suffer from chronic immune system diseases that those born via vaginal birth, researchers report.