Maternal Anxiety and Depression during Late Pregnancy and Newborn Brain White Matter Development

Autor: Charles M. Glasier, Raghu H. Ramakrishnaiah, R.M. Graham, B.J. Bellando, Jessica L Coker, S.T. Sorensen, G. McCorkle, Xiawei Ou, L. Jiang, Amy C. Rowell
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: AJNR Am J Neuroradiol
ISSN: 1936-959X
Popis: BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Anxiety and depression during pregnancy have been associated with an increased risk of adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes in offspring. We aimed to study the in utero effects of maternal anxiety and depression on early brain development. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Pregnant women were recruited at ∼36 weeks of gestation for this prospective study. They were assessed for anxiety symptoms by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and for depression symptoms by the Beck Depression Inventory, 2nd Edition. After delivery, infant underwent an MR imaging examination of the brain without sedation, including DTI, for evaluation of white matter (WM) development. Infant fractional anisotropy values, a putative marker of WM integrity, were correlated with the mothers’ State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and Beck Depression Inventory scores by using both tract-based spatial statistics and ROI methods. RESULTS: Thirty-four infants were included in this study. Both maternal State-Anxiety and Trait-Anxiety scores negatively correlated (P
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