2022
Maternal distress, DNA methylation, and fetal programing of stress physiology in Brazilian mother–infant pairs
Wiley K, Camilo C, Gouveia G, Euclydes V, Panter‐Brick C, Matijasevich A, Ferraro A, Fracolli L, Chiesa A, Miguel E, Polanczyk G, Brentani H. Maternal distress, DNA methylation, and fetal programing of stress physiology in Brazilian mother–infant pairs. Developmental Psychobiology 2022, 65: e22352. PMID: 36567654, PMCID: PMC9792831, DOI: 10.1002/dev.22352.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrenatal psychological distressLate pregnancyMaternal prenatal psychosocial stressMaternal hair cortisolMaternal prenatal psychological distressPrenatal psychosocial stressPsychological distressAdrenal axis functionInfants of mothersEvening salivary cortisolMother-infant pairsInfant DNA methylationMultivariable linear regressionHair cortisol concentrationsElevated anxiety symptomsAxis functionFetal programingEvening cortisolPregnant adolescentsMaternal distressPsychosocial stressCortisol concentrationsPregnancyHair cortisolSalivary cortisol
2021
Childhood poverty and mental health disorders in early adulthood: evidence from a Brazilian cohort study
Ziebold C, Evans-Lacko S, Andrade M, Hoffmann M, Fonseca L, Barbosa M, Pan P, Miguel E, Bressan R, Rohde L, Salum G, Schafer J, de Jesus Mari J, Gadelha A. Childhood poverty and mental health disorders in early adulthood: evidence from a Brazilian cohort study. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2021, 32: 903-914. PMID: 34853911, DOI: 10.1007/s00787-021-01923-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultBrazilChild PovertyCohort StudiesFemaleHumansMental DisordersMental HealthProspective StudiesStress, PsychologicalConceptsMental health disordersStressful life eventsEarly adulthoodHealth disordersPreventable risk factorsDifferent stressful life eventsInternalizing disordersBrazilian cohort studyProspective community cohortWell-Being AssessmentCohort studyCommunity cohortRisk factorsStratified analysisPsychiatric diagnosisExternalizing disordersChildhood povertyDisordersBaselineAdulthoodStandardized classificationHigh exposureLife eventsAssociationYoung people
2018
Associations between children’s family environment, spontaneous brain oscillations, and emotional and behavioral problems
Sato J, Biazoli C, Salum G, Gadelha A, Crossley N, Vieira G, Zugman A, Picon F, Pan P, Hoexter M, Amaro E, Anés M, Moura L, Del’Aquilla M, Mcguire P, Rohde L, Miguel E, Bressan R, Jackowski A. Associations between children’s family environment, spontaneous brain oscillations, and emotional and behavioral problems. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2018, 28: 835-845. PMID: 30392120, DOI: 10.1007/s00787-018-1240-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFamily environmentMental health outcomesFamily coherenceEmotional problemsOrbitofrontal cortexTemporal poleResting-state fMRI dataLeft temporal poleSpontaneous brain oscillationsChild's family environmentRight orbitofrontal cortexOscillatory neural activityHealth outcomesBrain oscillationsBehavioral problemsNeural activityFMRI dataFMRI metricsBrain areasLow-frequency fluctuationsFractional amplitudeLower incidenceSpontaneous activityHigh incidenceExploratory study
2016
Socioeconomic Disadvantage Moderates the Association between Peripheral Biomarkers and Childhood Psychopathology
Mansur R, Cunha G, Asevedo E, Zugman A, Zeni-Graiff M, Rios A, Sethi S, Maurya P, Levandowski M, Gadelha A, Pan P, Stertz L, Belangero S, Anna M, Teixeira A, Mari J, Rohde L, Miguel E, McIntyre R, Grassi-Oliveira R, Bressan R, Brietzke E. Socioeconomic Disadvantage Moderates the Association between Peripheral Biomarkers and Childhood Psychopathology. PLOS ONE 2016, 11: e0160455. PMID: 27489945, PMCID: PMC4973983, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160455.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain-derived neurotrophic factorThiobarbituric acid reactive substancesMental health problemsInterleukin-6Serum levelsHealth problemsSocioeconomic disadvantagePeripheral biomarkersSerum biomarkersOxidative stress markersAcid reactive substancesCross-sectional designChild Behavior Checklist DSMNeurotrophic factorHigher socioeconomic disadvantageSocio-demographic characteristicsBiomarker levelsNeurotrophic proteinsDomains of psychopathologyStress markersSpecific SubscaleCumulative risk modelBiomarkersMultiple biological systemsPathological neurodevelopment