[HTML][HTML] Premature birth and developmental programming: mechanisms of resilience and vulnerability

F Lammertink, CH Vinkers, ML Tataranno… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The third trimester of pregnancy represents a sensitive phase for infant brain plasticity when
a series of fast-developing cellular events (synaptogenesis, neuronal migration, and …

[HTML][HTML] Prenatal stress and the developing brain: postnatal environments promoting resilience

S Nolvi, EC Merz, EL Kataja, CE Parsons - Biological psychiatry, 2023 - Elsevier
Heightened maternal stress during pregnancy is associated with atypical brain development
and an elevated risk for psychopathology in offspring. Supportive environments during early …

[HTML][HTML] The relationship between paternal and maternal depression during the perinatal period: a systematic review and meta-analysis

F Thiel, MM Pittelkow, HU Wittchen… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background: Meta-analyses suggest an increased prevalence of paternal depression during
the perinatal period of around 10%. The relationship between paternal and maternal …

[HTML][HTML] Maternal psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic and structural changes of the human fetal brain

YC Lu, N Andescavage, Y Wu, K Kapse… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Background Elevated maternal psychological distress during pregnancy is linked to adverse
outcomes in offspring. The potential effects of intensified levels of maternal distress during …

Annual research review: emotion processing in offspring of mothers with depression diagnoses–a systematic review of neural and physiological research

KL Burkhouse, A Kujawa - Journal of Child Psychology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Theories of the intergenerational transmission of depression emphasize
alterations in emotion processing among offspring of depressed mothers as a key risk …

Prenatal exposure to maternal mood entropy is associated with a weakened and inflexible salience network in adolescence

RJ Jirsaraie, AM Palma, SL Small, CA Sandman… - Biological Psychiatry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Fetal exposure to maternal mood dysregulation influences child cognitive and
emotional development, which may have long-lasting implications for mental health …

Aberrant maturation of the uncinate fasciculus follows exposure to unpredictable patterns of maternal signals

SJ Granger, LM Glynn, CA Sandman… - Journal of …, 2021 - Soc Neuroscience
Across species, unpredictable patterns of maternal behavior are emerging as novel
predictors of aberrant cognitive and emotional outcomes later in life. In animal models …

[HTML][HTML] Brain structural and functional outcomes in the offspring of women experiencing psychological distress during pregnancy

Y Wu, J De Asis-Cruz, C Limperopoulos - Molecular Psychiatry, 2024 - nature.com
In-utero exposure to maternal psychological distress is increasingly linked with disrupted
fetal and neonatal brain development and long‐term neurobehavioral dysfunction in …

Exposure to maternal depressive symptoms in fetal life or childhood and offspring brain development: a population-based imaging study

R Zou, H Tiemeier, J van Der Ende… - American Journal of …, 2019 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: The authors examined associations of exposure to maternal depressive
symptoms at different developmental stages from fetal life to preadolescence with child brain …

Maternal psychological distress during pregnancy and childhood health outcomes: a narrative review

FOL Vehmeijer, M Guxens, L Duijts… - … origins of health and …, 2019 - cambridge.org
Maternal psychological distress is common in pregnancy and may influence the risk of
adverse outcomes in children. Psychological distress may cause a suboptimal intrauterine …