Association of prenatal maternal anxiety with fetal regional brain connectivity

J De Asis-Cruz, D Krishnamurthy, L Zhao… - JAMA Network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Maternal psychological distress during pregnancy is associated with adverse
obstetric outcomes and neuropsychiatric deficits in children. Currently unavailable in vivo …

Association of elevated maternal psychological distress, altered fetal brain, and offspring cognitive and social-emotional outcomes at 18 months

Y Wu, KM Espinosa, SD Barnett, A Kapse… - JAMA network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Prenatal maternal psychological distress is associated with disturbances in fetal
brain development. However, the association between altered fetal brain development …

[HTML][HTML] Prenatal and postnatal maternal anxiety and amygdala structure and function in young children

C Donnici, X Long, D Dewey, N Letourneau… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Anxiety symptoms are relatively common during pregnancy and are associated with
behavioural problems in children. The amygdala is involved in emotion regulation, and its …

Association of prenatal maternal psychological distress with fetal brain growth, metabolism, and cortical maturation

Y Wu, YC Lu, M Jacobs, S Pradhan, K Kapse… - JAMA network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Prenatal maternal stress is increasingly associated with adverse outcomes in
pregnant women and their offspring. However, the association between maternal stress and …

[HTML][HTML] Interactive relations between maternal prenatal stress, fetal brain connectivity, and gestational age at delivery

ME Thomason, JL Hect, R Waller… - …, 2021 - nature.com
Studies reporting significant associations between maternal prenatal stress and child
outcomes are frequently confounded by correlates of prenatal stress that influence the …

Association of prenatal exposure to early-life adversity with neonatal brain volumes at birth

RL Triplett, RE Lean, A Parikh, JP Miller… - JAMA network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Exposure to early-life adversity alters the structural development of key brain
regions underlying neurodevelopmental impairments. The association between prenatal …

Maternal perinatal stress trajectories and negative affect and amygdala development in offspring

MC Marr, AM Graham, E Feczko… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: Maternal psychological stress during pregnancy is a common risk factor for
psychiatric disorders in offspring, but little is known about how heterogeneity of stress …

High pregnancy anxiety during mid-gestation is associated with decreased gray matter density in 6–9-year-old children

C Buss, EP Davis, LT Muftuler, K Head… - …, 2010 - Elsevier
Because the brain undergoes dramatic changes during fetal development it is vulnerable to
environmental insults. There is evidence that maternal stress and anxiety during pregnancy …

Maternal pregnancy-specific anxiety is associated with child executive function at 6–9 years age

C Buss, EP Davis, CJ Hobel, CA Sandman - Stress, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Because fetal brain development proceeds at an extremely rapid pace, early life
experiences have the potential to alter the trajectory of neurodevelopment, which may …

Prenatal maternal anxiety and children's brain structure and function: A systematic review of neuroimaging studies

B Adamson, N Letourneau, C Lebel - Journal of Affective Disorders, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Maternal anxiety disorders are common during pregnancy and postpartum, and
are associated with increased behaviour problems and risk of mental health difficulties in …