Impact of maternal emotional state during pregnancy on fetal heart rate variability

Background: The fetal autonomic nervous system (ANS) is believed to be negatively affected by maternal adverse emotional states. In this study, we evaluated how depression, anxiety and stress during pregnancy are related to fetal heart rate variability (HRV) as recorded with magnetocardiography (MCG...

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Main Authors: Lorenzo Semeia, Ilena Bauer, Katrin Sippel, Julia Hartkopf, Nora K. Schaal, Hubert Preissl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-05-01
Series:Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666497623000152

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