Maternal Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Is Associated With Sexually Dimorphic Alterations in Amygdala Volume in 4-Year-Old Children

Maternal Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Is Associated With Sexually Dimorphic Alterations in Amygdala Volume in 4-Year-Old Children

Prenatal stress is associated with child behavioral outcomes increasing susceptibility for psychiatric disorders in later life. Altered fetal brain development might partly mediate this association, as some studies suggest. With this study, we investigated the relation between prenatal stress, child...

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Main Authors: Henriette Acosta, Jetro J. Tuulari, Noora M. Scheinin, Niloofar Hashempour, Olli Rajasilta, Tuomas I. Lavonius, Juho Pelto, Virva Saunavaara, Riitta Parkkola, Tuire Lähdesmäki, Linnea Karlsson, Hasse Karlsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Subjects:
amygdale
prenatal stress
children
SDQ
VBM
brain
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbeh.2019.00175/full

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