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Prenatal Depression Weakens Child’s Brain Connectivity – Associated With Increased Aggression and Hyperactivity – SciTechDaily
Weakened brain connections may mediate prenatal depression’s influence on child behavior. 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 depr…

Prenatal depression symptoms were associated with weakened white matter tracts in the cingulum (left) and amygdala pathway (right). Credit: Hay et al., JNeurosci 2020
Weakened brain connections may mediate prenatal depression’s influence on child behavior.
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. Pr…
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