Background: Animal experiments have convincingly demonstrated that prenatal maternal
stress affects pregnancy outcome and results in early programming of brain functions with …

A direct link between antenatal maternal mood and fetal behaviour, as observed by ultrasound
from 27 to 28 weeks of gestation onwards, is well established. Moreover, 14 independent …

Accumulating research shows that prenatal exposure to maternal stress increases the risk for
behavioral and mental health problems later in life. This review systematically analyzes the …

… The present study represents the second wave of the study of Van den Bergh and colleagues
and investigates whether high maternal anxiety during pregnancy enhances the offspring’s …

Depressive symptomatology can proceed from altered hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortex (HPA)-axis
function. Some authors stress the role that early life stress (ELS) may play in the …

This study prospectively investigated the influence of antenatal maternal anxiety, measured
with the State Trait Anxiety Inventory at 12–22, 23–31 and 32–40 postmenstrual weeks of …

BACKGROUND: The methylation status of the human glucocorticoid receptor gene NR3C1
in newborns has been reported to be sensitive to prenatal maternal mood. This study …

Background: Prevalence rates of psychosocial stress during pregnancy are substantial.
Evidence for associations between psychosocial stress and birth outcomes is inconsistent. This …

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether children who stutter (CWS)
and typically developing children (TDC) differ from each other on composite temperament …

Age-related microstructural differences have been detected using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI).
Although DTI is sensitive to the effects of aging, it is not specific to any underlying …