Prenatal depression alters child’s brain connectivity, affects behavior – EurekAlert

IMAGE: Prenatal depression symptoms were associated with weakened white matter tracts in the cingulum (left) and amygdala pathway (right).
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Credit: Hay et al., JNeurosci 2020
Altered brain connectivity may be one way prenatal depression influences child behavior, according to new research in JNeurosci.
Up to one fifth of women experience depression symptoms during pregnancy, with unknown effects on the fetus. Prenatal depression is correlated with behavioral and developmental issu…

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