Regional alignment with sex-typical brain architecture, maternal health and environmental enrichment predict psychiatric symptoms in early life
Raluca Petrican, Leonardo De Pascalis, Chris Murgatroyd, Victoria Fallon, Sophie L. Pendered, Tamara Vaz
The paper shows that neonatal brain alignment with sex-typical functional connectivity patterns predicts psychiatric symptoms in toddlers, with different outcomes for female- and male-typical patterns.
bioRxiv · Oct 1, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience