Larger amygdala but no change in hippocampal volume in 10-year-old children exposed to maternal depressive symptomatology since birth

SJ Lupien, S Parent, AC Evans… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Maternal separation and poor maternal care in animals have been shown to have important
effects on the developing hippocampus and amygdala. In humans, children exposed to …

The development of mother-infant interactions after neonatal amygdala lesions in rhesus monkeys

MD Bauman, P Lavenex, WA Mason… - Journal of …, 2004 - Soc Neuroscience
As part of ongoing studies on the neurobiology of socioemotional behavior in the nonhuman
primate, we examined the development of mother-infant interactions in 24 macaque …

Maternal cortisol over the course of pregnancy and subsequent child amygdala and hippocampus volumes and affective problems

C Buss, EP Davis, B Shahbaba… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Stress-related variation in the intrauterine milieu may impact brain development and
emergent function, with long-term implications in terms of susceptibility for affective …

Maternal support in early childhood predicts larger hippocampal volumes at school age

JL Luby, DM Barch, A Belden… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Early maternal support has been shown to promote specific gene expression, neurogenesis,
adaptive stress responses, and larger hippocampal volumes in developing animals. In …

Influences of prenatal and postnatal maternal depression on amygdala volume and microstructure in young children

DJ Wen, JS Poh, SN Ni, YS Chong, H Chen… - Translational …, 2017 - nature.com
Maternal depressive symptoms influence neurodevelopment in the offspring. Such effects
may appear to be gender-dependent. The present study examined contributions of prenatal …

Disorganized attachment in infancy predicts greater amygdala volume in adulthood

K Lyons-Ruth, P Pechtel, SA Yoon… - Behavioural brain …, 2016 - Elsevier
Early life stress in rodents is associated with increased amygdala volume in adulthood. In
humans, the amygdala develops rapidly during the first two years of life. Thus, disturbed …

Prolonged institutional rearing is associated with atypically large amygdala volume and difficulties in emotion regulation

N Tottenham, TA Hare, BT Quinn… - Developmental …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Early adversity, for example poor caregiving, can have profound effects on emotional
development. Orphanage rearing, even in the best circumstances, lies outside of the bounds …

Amygdala gene expression correlates of social behavior in monkeys experiencing maternal separation

MJ Sabatini, P Ebert, DA Lewis, P Levitt… - Journal of …, 2007 - Soc Neuroscience
Children exposed to early parental loss from death or separation carry a greater risk for
developing future psychiatric illnesses, such as major depression and anxiety. Monkeys …

Hippocampal volume and sensitivity to maternal aggressive behavior: A prospective study of adolescent depressive symptoms

S Whittle, MBH Yap, L Sheeber, P Dudgeon… - Development and …, 2011 - cambridge.org
It has been suggested that biological factors confer increased sensitivity to environmental
influences on depressive symptoms during adolescence, a crucial time for the onset of …

Perinatal maternal depressive symptoms alter amygdala functional connectivity in girls

NN Soe, DJ Wen, JS Poh, YS Chong… - Human brain …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Perinatal maternal depressive symptoms influence brain development of offspring. Such
effects are particularly notable in the amygdala, a key structure involved in emotional …