Examining the relationship between prenatal depression, amygdala-prefrontal structural connectivity and behaviour in preschool children
Rebecca E. Hay, Jess E. Reynolds, Melody N. Grohs, Dmitrii Paniukov, Gerald F. Giesbrecht, Nicole Lyn Letourneau, Deborah Dewey, Catherine A. Lebel
This study examines how prenatal depression relates to brain structure and behavior in preschool children, finding that altered structural connectivity mediates the effect of maternal depressive symptoms on externalizing behavior in males.
bioRxiv · Jul 4, 2019 · PreprintNeuroscience