Prenatal maternal depression associates with microstructure of right amygdala in neonates at birth

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 837-844

  Rifkin Graboi, Anne ^a   Bai, Jordan ^c   Chen, Helen ^c   Hameed, Waseem Bak'R ^a   Sim, Lit Wee ^a   Tint, Mya Thway ^d   Leutscher Broekman, Birit ^a,d   Chong, Yap Seng ^d   Gluckman, Peter D ^a   Fortier, Marielle V ^c   Meaney, Michael J ^a,e   Qiu, Anqi ^a,b  

^a AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affective disorders; amygdala; antenatal depression; diffusion tensor imaging; magnetic resonance imaging; neonatal brain

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALA VOLUME; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AXIAL DIFFUSIVITY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILDBIRTH; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSION; EMBRYOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SINGAPORE;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DEPRESSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84899779481     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.06.019     Document Type: Article

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