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INFANT BEHAVIOR & DEVELOPMENT
Volume 29, Issue 3, Pages 445-455Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2006.03.003
Keywords
prenatal depression; cortisol; fetus; newborn
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- NCCIH NIH HHS [AT 001585] Funding Source: Medline
- NIMH NIH HHS [MH 46586, MH 00331] Funding Source: Medline
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A review of research on prenatal depression effects on the fetus and newborn suggests that they experience prenatal, perinatal and postnatal complications. Fetal activity is elevated, prenatal growth is delayed, and prematurity and low birthweight occur more often. Newborns of depressed mothers then show a biochemical physiological profile that mimics their mothers' prenatal biochemical/physiological profile including elevated cortisol, lower levels of dopamine and serotonin, greater relative right frontal EEG activation and lower vagal tone. Elevated prenatal maternal cortisol is the strongest predictor of these neonatal outcomes. Moderate pressure massage can alleviate these effects including reducing prematurity. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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