Antenatal maternal anxiety predicts variations in neural structures implicated in anxiety disorders in newborns

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 313-321.e2

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

^a AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^b DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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

Author keywords

antenatal anxiety; axial diffusivity; diffusion tensor imaging; fractional anisotropy; neonatal brain

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EMOTION; ENDOPHENOTYPE; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; INFANT; INSULA; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; ANISOTROPY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTHER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANISOTROPY; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84925151497     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2015.01.013     Document Type: Article

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