23-Prenatal stress, mood, and gray matter volume in young adulthood

This study aimed to determine whether prenatal stress, measured by the number of stressful life events during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy, might relate to mood dysregulation and altered brain structure in young adulthood. Participants included 93 mother – offspring pairs from a community-based birth cohort from the Czech Republic (European Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood; ELSPAC-CZ). MRI analyses focused on overall cortical gray matter (GM) volume and GM volume of cortical regions previously associated with major depression.

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