Prenatal developmental origins of behavior and mental health: The influence of maternal stress in pregnancy

• Published in: Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews Vol. 117; pp. 26 - 64
• Main Authors: Van den Bergh, Bea R.H., van den Heuvel, Marion I., Lahti, Marius, Braeken, Marijke, de Rooij, Susanne R., Entringer, Sonja, Hoyer, Dirk, Roseboom, Tessa, Räikkönen, Katri, King, Suzanne, Schwab, Matthias
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2020
• Subjects: Anxiety; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); Autism; Autonomic nervous system; Brain network connectivity; Cortisol; Depression; Disaster exposure; EEG; Epigenetics; Event related potential (ERP); Female; Fetal programming; Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Gut microbiome; Heart rate variability; HPA-axis; Humans; Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System; Life events; Male; Maternal psychological distress; Mental Health; Objective stress; Pituitary-Adrenal System; Pregnancy; Pregnancy-specific anxiety; Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; Psychiatric disorders; Schizophrenia; Stress, Psychological; Telomere biology; Objective stress; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); EEG; Schizophrenia; Depression; Cortisol; Event related potential (ERP); Fetal programming; HPA-axis; Pregnancy-specific anxiety; Maternal psychological distress; Autism; Life events; Autonomic nervous system; Telomere biology; Epigenetics; Anxiety; Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Psychiatric disorders; Gut microbiome; Heart rate variability; Disaster exposure; Brain network connectivity

•Maternal psychological distress, life event stress, and objective exposure affect offspring outcome.•Functional and structural brain changes underlie the problems observed in the offspring.•Alterations in stress system, immune system, and gut microbiome play a significant role.•Epigenetic and telom...