TY - JOUR
T1 - Prenatal predictors of maternal and newborn EEG
AU - Field, Tiffany
AU - Diego, Miguel
AU - Hernandez-Reif, Maria
AU - Vera, Yanexy
AU - Gil, Karla
AU - Schanberg, Saul
AU - Kuhn, Cynthia
AU - Gonzalez-Garcia, Adolfo
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank the parents and infants who participated in this study. This research was supported by a grant from NIMH (MH#46586) and a Senior Scientist Award (MH#00331) to Tiffany Field and funding from Johnson and Johnson.
PY - 2004/12
Y1 - 2004/12
N2 - Ninety-two mothers were recruited at a prenatal ultrasound clinic at which time they were given the CES-D for depression and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and their urines were assayed for cortisol, norepinephrine, epinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin. At the neonatal period the mothers and neonates were assessed on frontal EEG asymmetry. Correlation analyses revealed the following: (1) the mothers' frontal asymmetry was negatively related to prenatal depression (CES-D) symptoms, negatively related to prenatal norepinephrine levels and positively related to prenatal serotonin levels; (2) the frontal asymmetry of the newborn was positively correlated with the mothers' frontal asymmetry and negatively correlated with the mothers' prenatal depression (CES-D) symptoms and negatively correlated with the mothers' prenatal state anxiety scores. The neonates' EEG frontal asymmetry was also, like the mother's, negatively related to prenatal maternal norepinephrine and positively related to prenatal maternal serotonin.
AB - Ninety-two mothers were recruited at a prenatal ultrasound clinic at which time they were given the CES-D for depression and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and their urines were assayed for cortisol, norepinephrine, epinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin. At the neonatal period the mothers and neonates were assessed on frontal EEG asymmetry. Correlation analyses revealed the following: (1) the mothers' frontal asymmetry was negatively related to prenatal depression (CES-D) symptoms, negatively related to prenatal norepinephrine levels and positively related to prenatal serotonin levels; (2) the frontal asymmetry of the newborn was positively correlated with the mothers' frontal asymmetry and negatively correlated with the mothers' prenatal depression (CES-D) symptoms and negatively correlated with the mothers' prenatal state anxiety scores. The neonates' EEG frontal asymmetry was also, like the mother's, negatively related to prenatal maternal norepinephrine and positively related to prenatal maternal serotonin.
KW - Catecholamines
KW - Cortisol
KW - EEG
KW - Newborn
KW - Prenatal Depression
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U2 - 10.1016/j.infbeh.2004.03.005
DO - 10.1016/j.infbeh.2004.03.005
M3 - Short survey
AN - SCOPUS:8644260141
VL - 27
SP - 533
EP - 536
JO - Infant Behavior and Development
JF - Infant Behavior and Development
SN - 0163-6383
IS - 4
ER -