Maternal prenatal anxiety and child brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) genotype: Effects on internalizing symptoms from 4 to 15 years of age
O'Donnell KJ, Glover V, Holbrook JD, O'Connor TG. Maternal prenatal anxiety and child brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) genotype: Effects on internalizing symptoms from 4 to 15 years of age. Development And Psychopathology 2014, 26: 1255-1266. PMID: 25422959, DOI: 10.1017/s095457941400100x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) genePrenatal maternal anxietyYears of agePrenatal anxietyBDNF polymorphismMaternal anxietyBrain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) genotypeNeurotrophic factor genotypeInternalizing symptomsNeurotrophic factor geneAge 15 yearsAvon Longitudinal StudyMaternal prenatal anxietyMaternal symptomsChild internalizing symptomsGene-environment interactionsClinical InterviewPopulation cohortHealth outcomesSymptomsDiagnostic assessmentPsychosocial risksDifficulties QuestionnaireAge 13Longitudinal studyCortisol awakening response and subsequent depression: prospective longitudinal study
Carnegie R, Araya R, Ben-Shlomo Y, Glover V, O'Connor TG, O'Donnell KJ, Pearson R, Lewis G. Cortisol awakening response and subsequent depression: prospective longitudinal study. The British Journal Of Psychiatry 2014, 204: 137-143. PMID: 24311550, PMCID: PMC3909839, DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.113.126250.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCortisol awakening responseSubsequent depressionSalivary cortisolAwakening responseOdds ratioTime pointsICD-10 criteriaLongitudinal studyProspective longitudinal studyAvon Longitudinal StudyShort-term riskSubsequent depressive illnessLarge population cohortAdrenal functionDepressive illnessClinical significancePopulation cohortElevated cortisolCortisolLogistic regressionCortisol measuresStress reactivityDepressionDiurnal dropAssociation