3. Roundup and Maternal Gut-Brain effects: Should we worry about glyphosate?

05/13/20 • 30 min

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Professor Thierry Charlier at the Institut de Recherche en Santé, Environnement et Travail (Irset) at the Universitie de Rennes 1 (France) about his research on how glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides, such as Roundup, affect maternal behavior, brain and microbiome.

For more information on his research see: https://www.irset.org/interlocuteurs/charlier-thierry-0

For a direct link to this paper we discuss: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31066122

For more information on his research see: https://www.irset.org/interlocuteurs/charlier-thierry-0

For a direct link to this paper we discuss: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31066122

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2. Allopregnanolone to Zulresso: A treatment for Postpartum Depression

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr Jamie Maguire an Associate Professor of Neuroscience in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Tufts University in the USA about her research on allopregnanolone, a neurosteroid, which formed the foundation for Zulresso (Sage Therapeutics) – the first unique treatment for Postpartum Depression. A great story from basic research in the maternal brain to clinical application.

For more information on Dr. Maguire’s research see: https://www.maguirelab.com/

For a direct link to her publications see: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=maguire+jamie

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4. Fear Memories and the Maternal Brain: More than just sex differences, motherhood matters.

In this episode of Mommy Brain Revisited I talk with Dr Bronwyn Graham an Associate Professor at School of Psychology at the University of New South Wales in Sydney Australia about her research on how motherhood impacts fear memories and fear extinction and the role that this may have for exposure therapy for anxiety disorders. We also talk a bit about living through the COVID pandemic and how important it is to ask for help if you are struggling.

See her publications here.