Maternal prenatal anxiety and child brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) genotype: Effects on internalizing symptoms from 4 to 15 years of age

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 26, Issue , 2014, Pages 1255-1266

  O'Donnell, Kieran J ^a   Glover, Vivette ^b   Holbrook, Joanna D ^c   O'Connor, Thomas G ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; ENGLAND; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84913583718     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095457941400100X     Document Type: Article

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