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

Translational Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Wen, D J ^a   Poh, J S ^b   Ni, S N ^a   Chong, Y S ^b,c   Chen, H ^d   Kwek, K ^d   Shek, L P ^a   Gluckman, P D ^b   Fortier, M V ^d   Meaney, M J ^b,e,f   Qiu, A ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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

^e DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALA; ANTENATAL DEPRESSION; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTNATAL DEPRESSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGENY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANISOTROPY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MENTAL DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMYGDALA; ANISOTROPY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROIMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85029543987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21583188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/tp.2017.74     Document Type: Article

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