2024
Mapping Early Brain–Body Interactions: Associations of Fetal Heart Rate Variation with Newborn Brainstem, Hypothalamic, and Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Cortex Functional Connectivity
Pollatou A, Holland C, Stockton T, Peterson B, Scheinost D, Monk C, Spann M. Mapping Early Brain–Body Interactions: Associations of Fetal Heart Rate Variation with Newborn Brainstem, Hypothalamic, and Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Cortex Functional Connectivity. Journal Of Neuroscience 2024, 44: e2363232024. PMID: 38604780, PMCID: PMC11140686, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2363-23.2024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFetal heart rate indicesDorsal anterior cingulate cortexAutonomic nervous systemDorsal anterior cingulate cortex functional connectivityFetal HRHeart rate variabilityBrain regionsFetal heart rate variationWeeks of postmenstrual ageAutonomic nervous system developmentFetal autonomic nervous systemFetal heart rate variabilityAutonomic regulationHeart rate indicesFetal heart rateNervous systemFunctional connectivityHeart rateAnterior cingulate cortex functional connectivityAnterior cingulate cortexChildren's language abilitiesFetal actocardiographInfant brainstemPostmenstrual ageWeeks gestation
2018
Maternal Immune Activation During the Third Trimester Is Associated with Neonatal Functional Connectivity of the Salience Network and Fetal to Toddler Behavior
Spann MN, Monk C, Scheinost D, Peterson BS. Maternal Immune Activation During the Third Trimester Is Associated with Neonatal Functional Connectivity of the Salience Network and Fetal to Toddler Behavior. Journal Of Neuroscience 2018, 38: 2877-2886. PMID: 29487127, PMCID: PMC5852665, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2272-17.2018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMaternal immune activationC-reactive proteinFetal heart rate variabilityNeonatal functional connectivityInterleukin-6Postmenstrual ageImmune activationSalience networkFunctional connectivityPsychiatric disordersCRP levelsEpidemiological studiesMaternal C-reactive proteinResting-state imaging dataC-reactive protein levelsMaternal CRP levelsMaternal IL-6Months postmenstrual agePrenatal maternal immune activationSame psychiatric disordersWeeks postmenstrual ageIL-6 levelsAlters functional connectivityAltered brain developmentSame gestational age