2025
Neonatal brain volumes and early parenting behavior as mediators in associations between prenatal social disadvantage and socioemotional problems in toddlers
Leverett S, Poolos O, Brady R, Tillman R, Lean R, Gerstein E, Anaya B, Triplett R, Alexopoulos D, Warner B, Luby J, Smyser C, Rogers C, Barch D. Neonatal brain volumes and early parenting behavior as mediators in associations between prenatal social disadvantage and socioemotional problems in toddlers. Biological Psychiatry 2025 PMID: 40414448, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2025.05.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeonatal brain volumesAge 2 yearsEarly parenting behaviorsBrain volumeParenting behaviorsChildren aged 1 yearStructural magnetic resonance scansAge 1 yearMagnetic resonance scansSocioemotional difficultiesSocioemotional problemsBrain structural alterationsAssociated with increased externalizingChild socio-emotional problemsEarly risk factorsSocial disadvantageResonance scansRisk factorsMother-child dyadsSocio-emotional problemsPregnancyDysregulation symptomsExternalizing symptomsBrain metricsMediation model
2024
Associations between Parenting and Cognitive and Language Abilities at 2 Years of Age Depend on Prenatal Exposure to Disadvantage
Leverett S, Brady R, Tooley U, Lean R, Tillman R, Wilson J, Ruscitti M, Triplett R, Alexopoulos D, Gerstein E, Smyser T, Warner B, Luby J, Smyser C, Rogers C, Barch D. Associations between Parenting and Cognitive and Language Abilities at 2 Years of Age Depend on Prenatal Exposure to Disadvantage. The Journal Of Pediatrics 2024, 276: 114289. PMID: 39233119, PMCID: PMC11927132, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.114289.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAssociated with lower cognitionMother-child dyadsSubcortical gray matterLanguage abilityNonsupportive parentingEarly cognitionParenting behaviorsBrain volumeExposure to disadvantageSocial disadvantageNeonatal brain volumesLower cognitionBrain magnetic resonance imagingLevels of disadvantageMediation effectCognitionParental observationsModerating factorsAge 1 yearCognition/languageAge 2 yearsGray matterMagnetic resonance imagingObstetric clinicsPregnant women
2003
Regional Brain Volumes and Their Later Neurodevelopmental Correlates in Term and Preterm Infants
Peterson BS, Anderson AW, Ehrenkranz R, Staib LH, Tageldin M, Colson E, Gore JC, Duncan CC, Makuch R, Ment LR. Regional Brain Volumes and Their Later Neurodevelopmental Correlates in Term and Preterm Infants. 2003, 111: 939-948. PMID: 12728069, DOI: 10.1542/peds.111.5.939.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRegional brain volumesPreterm infantsCortical gray matterWhite matter volumeBrain volumeParieto-occipital regionsGray matterMatter volumeNeurodevelopmental outcomesWhite matterParieto-occipital gray matterRegional volumesHigh-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scansMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scansCognitive outcomesLong-term outcomesRight-sided structuresResonance imaging scansCross-sectional studyNeonatal brain volumesGray matter volumeSubcortical gray matterInferior occipital cortexMidtemporal regionTerm infants
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