Exposure to early and persistent maternal depression impairs the neural basis of attachment in preadolescence

• Published in: Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry Vol. 93; pp. 21 - 30
• Main Authors: Pratt, Maayan, Zeev-Wolf, Maor, Goldstein, Abraham, Feldman, Ruth
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Inc 13.07.2019
• Subjects: Adolescent; Beta oscillations; Brain - physiopathology; Case-Control Studies; Child; Child of Impaired Parents - psychology; Child, Preschool; Depressive Disorder, Major - psychology; Female; Gamma oscillations; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Longitudinal Studies; Magnetoencephalography; Magnetoencephalography (MEG); Maternal depression; Mother-child interaction; Mother-Child Relations - psychology; Object Attachment; Oxytocin; Oxytocin - analysis; Prospective Studies; Saliva - chemistry; Social brain; Mother-child interaction; Social brain; Maternal depression; Magnetoencephalography (MEG); Oxytocin; Longitudinal studies; Beta oscillations; Gamma oscillations

Maternal depression increases child vulnerability to psychopathology, loneliness, and social maladjustment; yet, its long-term effects on the social brain are unknown. In this prospective longitudinal study we examined the impact of early and persistent maternal depression on the neural basis of att...