Childhood health through matrescence empowers women to sustain life-course brain health
The spectrum from normal brain functions to neurological and mental health disorders represents the life-course neural exposome. Proactive interventions strengthen rescue and reparative choices. Integration of intersectionality into health policy promotes global equity. Transdisciplinary care by women offers bio-social healthcare advantages for all persons. Reproduction and pregnancy establish foundational brain health during their child’s first 1000 days. Life-course healthcare that includes matrescence is more likely to promote brain health across successive lifespans.
Authors
- Mark S. Scher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3410-6797)
- Harris A. Eyre (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4827-8258)
- Shazia Adalat
- Agustin Ibanez
- Anastasiya Markvarde
- Kaisa Hartikainen
- Michael Berk
Institutions
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- Deakin University (AU)
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Trinity College Dublin (IE)
- Adolfo Ibáñez University (CL)
- Istanbul Medipol University (TR)
- University of San Andrés (AR)
- Pasqual Maragall Foundation (ES)
- Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (ES)
- Evelina London Children's Healthcare (GB)
- Digital Research Alliance of Canada
- Case Western Reserve University (US)
- Rice University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- npj Women s Health
- Published
- 2026-03-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s44294-026-00135-w
- Primary Topic
- Sex and Gender in Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00