Long-term Influences of Prenatal Maternal Depressive Symptoms on the Amygdala-Prefrontal Circuitry of the Offspring From Birth to Early Childhood.
Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging
; 4(11): 940-947, 2019 11.
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| ID: mdl-31327686
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Prenatal maternal depression may have long-term impacts on amygdala-cortical development. This study explored associations of prenatal maternal depressive symptoms on the amygdala-cortical structural covariance of the offspring from birth to early childhood, derived from a longitudinal birth cohort.METHODS:
Structural magnetic resonance imaging was performed to obtain the amygdala volume and cortical thickness at each time point. Prenatal maternal depressive symptoms were measured using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale at 26 weeks of pregnancy. Regression analysis was used to examine the effects of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale on a structural coupling between the amygdala volume and cortical thickness at birth (n = 167) and 4.5 years of age (n = 199).RESULTS:
Girls whose mothers had high prenatal maternal depressive symptoms showed a positive coupling between the amygdala volume and insula thickness at birth (ß = .617, p = .001) but showed a negative coupling between the amygdala volume and inferior frontal thickness at 4.5 years of age (ß = -.369, p = .008). No findings were revealed in boys at any time point.CONCLUSIONS:
The development of the amygdala-prefrontal circuitry is vulnerable to environmental factors related to depression. Such a vulnerability might be sex dependent.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Efeitos Tardios da Exposição Pré-Natal
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Córtex Cerebral
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Depressão
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Tonsila do Cerebelo
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Rede Nervosa
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Newborn
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Pregnancy
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article