Maternal prenatal depressive symptoms and toddler behavior: an umbilical cord blood epigenome-wide association study

Abstract Children of mothers with prenatal depressive symptoms (PND) have a higher risk of behavioral problems; fetal programming through DNA methylation is a possible underlying mechanism. This study investigated DNA methylation in cord blood to identify possible “at birth” signatures that may indi...

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Main Authors: Theodora Kunovac Kallak, Emma Fransson, Emma Bränn, Hanna Berglund, Susanne Lager, Erika Comasco, Robert Lyle, Alkistis Skalkidou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2022-05-01
Series:Translational Psychiatry
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-022-01954-6