Gerard Wong, Jacquelyn M Weir, Priti Mishra, Kevin Huynh, Brunda Nijagal, Varsha Gupta, Birit F P Broekman, Mary Foong-Fong Chong, Shiao-Yng Chan, Kok Hian Tan, Dedreia Tull, Malcolm McConville, Philip C Calder, Keith M Godfrey, Yap Seng Chong, Peter D Gluckman, Michael J Meaney, Peter J Meikle, Neerja Karnani
While maternal mental health strongly influences neurodevelopment and health in the offspring, little is known about the determinants of inter-individual variation in the mental health of mothers. Likewise, the in utero biological pathways by which variation in maternal mental health affects offspring development remain to be defined. Previous studies implicate lipids, consistent with a known influence on cognitive and emotional function, but the relevance for maternal mental health and offspring neurodevelopment is unclear...
February 4, 2021: Translational Psychiatry