Severe nausea and vomiting in pregnancy: psychiatric and cognitive problems and brain structure in children

• Published in: BMC medicine Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 228 - 14
• Main Authors: Wang, Hui, Rolls, Edmund T, Du, Xiujuan, Du, Jingnan, Yang, Dexin, Li, Jiong, Li, Fei, Cheng, Wei, Feng, Jianfeng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 01.09.2020; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Behavior; Brain; Brain - physiopathology; Child; Children; Children & youth; Cingulate cortex; Cognitive ability; Cognitive Dysfunction - etiology; Cognitive Dysfunction - genetics; Cognitive performance; Cohort Studies; Confidence intervals; Cortex (cingulate); Cortex (parietal); Cortical structure; Emotional behavior; Families & family life; Female; Humans; Male; Mediation; Mental disorders; Mental Disorders - etiology; Mental Disorders - genetics; Morphology; Nausea; Nausea - etiology; Nausea and vomiting; Offspring; Precuneus; Prefrontal cortex; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications - etiology; Pregnant women; Psychiatric problems; Quality control; Risk taking; Teenagers; Variables; Vomiting; Vomiting - etiology; Cognitive performance; Cingulate cortex; Precuneus; Cortical structure; Psychiatric problems; Nausea and vomiting; Superior medial prefrontal cortex

Two studies have suggested that severe prolonged nausea and vomiting during pregnancy is associated with emotional and behavioral problems in offspring, with smaller sample size and short-term follow-up. Moreover, little information is available on the role of the brain structure in the associations...