Autonomic nervous system development and its impact on neuropsychiatric outcome

SB Mulkey, AJ du Plessis - Pediatric Research, 2019 - nature.com
The central autonomic nervous system (ANS) is essential for maintaining cardiovascular and
respiratory homeostasis in the newborn and has a critical role in supporting higher cortical …

[HTML][HTML] Stress before conception and during pregnancy and maternal cortisol during pregnancy: A sco** review

GR Rinne, J Hartstein, CM Guardino… - …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Stress before conception and during pregnancy is associated with less
favorable maternal and child health. Alterations in prenatal cortisol levels may serve as a …

Racial disparities in pregnancy outcomes: genetics, epigenetics, and allostatic load

KB Leimert, DM Olson - Current Opinion in Physiology, 2020 - Elsevier
Preterm birth (PTB) has a complex etiology that includes genetic heritability, lifestyle and
health, socioeconomic status, and psychosocial stress. Racial disparities in pregnancy …

A systematic review of hair cortisol during pregnancy: reference ranges and methodological considerations

K Marceau, W Wang, O Robertson… - Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study systematically reviewed 56 articles that assessed hair cortisol
concentrations during pregnancy collected from PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science on …

Measures of anxiety, depression and stress in the antenatal and perinatal period following a stillbirth or neonatal death: a multicentre cohort study

S Thomas, L Stephens, TA Mills, C Hughes… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2021 - Springer
Background The grief associated with the death of a baby is enduring, however most women
embark on another pregnancy, many in less than a year following their loss. Symptoms of …

[HTML][HTML] Maternal prenatal hair cortisol is associated with prenatal depressive symptom trajectories

P Mustonen, L Karlsson, EL Kataja, NM Scheinin… - …, 2019 - Elsevier
Maternal prenatal cortisol levels have been inconsistently associated with self-reports of
prenatal psychological distress (PD). Previous research has linked hair cortisol …

The Association Between Maternal Prenatal Hair Cortisol Concentration and Preterm Birth: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

RG Künzel, M Elgazzar, PA Bain, C Kirschbaum… - …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background The risk of preterm birth (PTB) increases when experiencing stress during
pregnancy. Chronic stress has been associated with a dysregulation of the hypothalamic …

Antepartum depression and preterm birth: pathophysiology, epidemiology, and disparities due to structural racism

ED Shenassa, LG Widemann, CD Hunt - Current psychiatry reports, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Informed by the evidence of links between physiology of stress
and parturition, we review recent epidemiologic evidence (2015–2020) of antenatal …

Assessment of prenatal stress‐related cortisol exposure: focus on cortisol accumulation in hair and nails

JS Meyer, MA Novak - Developmental Psychobiology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Prenatal stress adversely affects offspring development. Although cortisol is hypothesized to
be a key mediator of stress‐induced developmental deficits, determining the amount of fetal …

Trajectories of brain and behaviour development in the womb, at birth and through infancy

S Meredith Weiss, E Aydin, S Lloyd-Fox… - Nature Human …, 2024 - nature.com
Birth is often seen as the starting point for studying effects of the environment on human
development, with much research focused on the capacities of young infants. However …