This study shows that postnatal maternal care reduces DNA methylation changes in the hypothalamus caused by prenatal bisphenol exposure in female rats.

bioRxiv · Oct 3, 2025 · PreprintGenomics

Postnatal maternal care moderates the effects of prenatal bisphenol exposure on offspring neurodevelopmental, behavioral, and transcriptomic outcomes

Samantha C. Lauby, Hannah E. Lapp, Melissa Leija‐Salazar, Sofiia Semyrenko, Danyal Chauhan, Amy E. Margolis, Frances A. Champagne

This study examines how prenatal bisphenol exposure interacts with postnatal maternal care to affect offspring neurodevelopment, behavior, and transcriptomic outcomes.

PLoS ONE · Jun 11, 2024Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Relative Brain Age Is Associated with Socioeconomic Status and Anxiety/Depression Problems in Youth

Jacob W. Cohen, Bruce Ramphal, Mariah L. DeSerisy, Yihong Zhao, David Pagliaccio, Stan J. Colcombe, Michael Peter Milham, Amy E. Margolis

This study examines how socioeconomic status components and brain age relate to psychiatric symptoms in youth using RBA data from the Healthy Brain Network.

Developmental Psychology · Sep 25, 2023Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

An open resource for transdiagnostic research in pediatric mental health and learning disorders

Lindsay M. Alexander, Jasmine Escalera, Lei Ai, Charissa Andreotti, Karina Febre, Alexander Mangone, Natan Vega Potler, Nicolas Langer, Alexis Alexander, Meagan Kovacs, Shannon Grace Litke, Bridget O’Hagan, Jennifer Andersen, Batya Bronstein, Anastasia Bui, , Michael Peter Milham

The paper introduces the Healthy Brain Network (HBN) biobank, a large-scale multimodal dataset for pediatric mental health and learning disorders research, with initial data release.

Scientific Data · Dec 19, 2017Peer-reviewedNeuroscience