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Prenatal depression effects on neonates

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Lundy, BL; Jones, NA; Field, T; Nearing, G; Davalos, M; Pietro, PA; Schanberg, S; Kuhn, C
Published in: Infant Behavior and Development
January 1, 1999

Sixty-three pregnant women (36 with depression symptoms) were recruited during their last trimester of pregnancy. The depressed mothers had higher cortisol and norepinephrine levels and lower dopamine levels. Their infants subsequently had higher cortisol and norepinephrine levels and lower dopamine levels at the neonatal stage. The neonates of depressed mothers also showed inferior performance on the orientation, reflex, excitability, and withdrawal clusters of the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment. Stepwise regression analyses revealed that the depressed mothers' prenatal norepinephrine and dopamine levels significantly predicted the newborns' norepinephrine and dopamine levels and their Brazelton scores, highlighting an early biochemical influence on neonatal outcome.

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Infant Behavior and Development

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0163-6383

Publication Date

January 1, 1999

Volume

22

Issue

1

Start / End Page

119 / 129

Related Subject Headings

  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • 52 Psychology
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

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Lundy, B. L., Jones, N. A., Field, T., Nearing, G., Davalos, M., Pietro, P. A., … Kuhn, C. (1999). Prenatal depression effects on neonates. Infant Behavior and Development, 22(1), 119–129. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0163-6383(99)80009-5
Lundy, B. L., N. A. Jones, T. Field, G. Nearing, M. Davalos, P. A. Pietro, S. Schanberg, and C. Kuhn. “Prenatal depression effects on neonates.” Infant Behavior and Development 22, no. 1 (January 1, 1999): 119–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0163-6383(99)80009-5.
Lundy BL, Jones NA, Field T, Nearing G, Davalos M, Pietro PA, et al. Prenatal depression effects on neonates. Infant Behavior and Development. 1999 Jan 1;22(1):119–29.
Lundy, B. L., et al. “Prenatal depression effects on neonates.” Infant Behavior and Development, vol. 22, no. 1, Jan. 1999, pp. 119–29. Scopus, doi:10.1016/S0163-6383(99)80009-5.
Lundy BL, Jones NA, Field T, Nearing G, Davalos M, Pietro PA, Schanberg S, Kuhn C. Prenatal depression effects on neonates. Infant Behavior and Development. 1999 Jan 1;22(1):119–129.
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Published In

Infant Behavior and Development

DOI

ISSN

0163-6383

Publication Date

January 1, 1999

Volume

22

Issue

1

Start / End Page

119 / 129

Related Subject Headings

  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • 52 Psychology
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences