Eleonora Maggioni, Alessandro Pigoni, Elisa Fontana, Giuseppe Delvecchio, Carolina Bonivento, Valentina Bianchi, Maddalena Mauri, Monica Bellina, Rossano Girometti, Nivedita Agarwal, Maria Nobile, Paolo Brambilla
Prenatal and perinatal complications represent well-known risk factors for the future development of psychiatric disorders. Such influence might become manifested during childhood and adolescence, as key periods for brain and behavioral changes. Internalizing and externalizing behaviors in adolescence have been associated with the risk of psychiatric onset later in life. Both brain morphology and behavior seem to be affected by obstetric complications, but a clear link among these three aspects is missing. Here, we aimed at analyzing the association between prenatal and perinatal complications, behavioral issues, and brain volumes in a group of children and adolescents...
February 20, 2024: Molecular Psychiatry