Associations of gestational anxiety and depression with neonatal hair steroid levels
Prenatal maternal anxiety, but not depression, may lead to pronounced alterations in some markers of fetal stress systems. Future research should further determine whether prenatal maternal symptoms of anxiety would form an optimal intervention target in order to attenuate fetal stress responses.
Authors
- Arthur Chortatos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1052-329X)
- Leea Keski‐Nisula (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5354-0700)
- Soili M. Lehto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4324-6679)
- Lauri Uusitalo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2888-7937)
- Raimo Voutilainen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7858-665X)
- Marko Lehtonen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5611-0466)
- Katri Backman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5683-407X)
- Seppo Auriola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4580-1034)
- Axel Davies Vittersø
- Johanna Huotari
Institutions
- University of Eastern Finland (FI)
- Akershus University Hospital (NO)
- Kuopio University Hospital (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Psychoneuroendocrinology
- Published
- 2024-12-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2024.107260
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.09