2024
Letter to the Editor: Does fetal movement shape the maternal brain?
Ayala K, Voegtline K, Rutherford H. Letter to the Editor: Does fetal movement shape the maternal brain? Developmental Psychobiology 2024, 66: e22467. PMID: 38339781, DOI: 10.1002/dev.22467.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeural correlates of altered emotional responsivity to infant stimuli in mothers who use substances
McCurdy L, Yip S, Worhunsky P, Zhai Z, Kim S, Strathearn L, Potenza M, Mayes L, Rutherford H. Neural correlates of altered emotional responsivity to infant stimuli in mothers who use substances. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2024, 171: 126-133. PMID: 38277872, PMCID: PMC10922955, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.01.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResponses to infant stimuliInfant stimuliMaternal behaviorAffective processesBrain regionsPsychological processesEmotional responsesFunctional magnetic resonance imagingPotential neural targetsInfant emotional expressionsMaternal emotional responsivenessSubstance-use statusAssociated with difficultiesSocial-emotional developmentInfant social-emotional developmentMaternal substance useInfant facesCognitive processesImprove child outcomesEmotional expressionEmotional intensityNeural targetsSubstance useGroups of mothersChild outcomes
2023
EEG coherence before and after giving birth
Sandoval I, Ngoh G, Wu J, Crowley M, Rutherford H. EEG coherence before and after giving birth. Brain Research 2023, 1816: 148468. PMID: 37336317, DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2023.148468.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostpartum periodEEG coherenceParietal regionsIntrahemispheric EEG coherenceInterhemispheric EEG coherenceMaternal brainMonths postpartumNeurophysiological changesBrain volumeCortical couplingFrontopolar regionNeural circuitsBrain functionPregnancyElectroencephalographic coherenceAlphaBetaEmotional processesLongitudinal modificationsPostpartumBrainMatrescence: lifetime impact of motherhood on cognition and the brain
Orchard E, Rutherford H, Holmes A, Jamadar S. Matrescence: lifetime impact of motherhood on cognition and the brain. Trends In Cognitive Sciences 2023, 27: 302-316. PMID: 36609018, PMCID: PMC9957969, DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2022.12.002.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Racial disparities in EEG research and their implications for our understanding of the maternal brain
Penner F, Wall K, Guan K, Huang H, Richardson L, Dunbar A, Groh A, Rutherford H. Racial disparities in EEG research and their implications for our understanding of the maternal brain. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience 2022, 23: 1-16. PMID: 36414837, PMCID: PMC9684773, DOI: 10.3758/s13415-022-01040-w.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2012
Investigating the impact of parental status and depression symptoms on the early perceptual coding of infant faces: An event-related potential study
Noll LK, Mayes LC, Rutherford HJ. Investigating the impact of parental status and depression symptoms on the early perceptual coding of infant faces: An event-related potential study. Social Neuroscience 2012, 7: 525-536. PMID: 22435403, DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2012.672457.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfant facesDepression symptomsInfant cuesEvent-related potential studyEvent-related potential (ERP) techniqueParental statusN170 ERP componentIntuitive parenting behaviorsSalient social stimuliEarly visual processingSub-clinical levelsDepression symptom severityFace stimuliSocial stimuliERP componentsNeural correlatesParenting behaviorsVisual processingNormative attentionCommunity samplePerceptual codingPotential studiesAdult womenPsychiatric symptomatologySymptom severity
2010
Neurobiology of Adolescent Substance Use Disorders: Implications for Prevention and Treatment
Rutherford HJ, Mayes LC, Potenza MN. Neurobiology of Adolescent Substance Use Disorders: Implications for Prevention and Treatment. Child And Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics Of North America 2010, 19: 479-492. PMID: 20682216, PMCID: PMC2928062, DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2010.03.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubstance use disordersAdolescent substance use disordersUse disordersBehavioral risk takingAdult studiesNeuronal maturationLikely markerPotential treatmentDisordersAdolescent substanceTreatmentPreventionRisky behaviorsNormative adolescent developmentNeurobiologyAdolescenceAdolescent developmentPeriod