2023
Cortisol reactivity to a laboratory stressor predicts increases in depressive symptoms in perinatal and nulliparous women during population-level stress
Beech A, Edelman A, Yatziv T, Rutherford H, Joormann J, Gadassi-Polack R. Cortisol reactivity to a laboratory stressor predicts increases in depressive symptoms in perinatal and nulliparous women during population-level stress. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2023, 340: 33-41. PMID: 37499916, PMCID: PMC10529046, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.07.093.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDepressive symptomsNulliparous womenCortisol reactivityLaboratory stressorHigh-risk groupDepressive symptom questionnairesBiomarkers of riskPsychosocial stress testCurrent depressive symptomsCOVID-19Salivary cortisol samplesPopulation-level stressorGestational weeksSymptom questionnairePerinatal periodNeed of interventionDepression riskCortisol levelsSymptomsCortisol samplesPregnancyWomenCOVID-19 pandemicStress testRiskEEG 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 modificationsPostpartumBrain
2018
1.3 Early Parental Care, Reflective Functioning, and the Neural Markers of Maternal Sensitivity in Pregnancy
Gao L, Mayes L, Rutherford H. 1.3 Early Parental Care, Reflective Functioning, and the Neural Markers of Maternal Sensitivity in Pregnancy. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2018, 57: s136. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2018.09.020.Peer-Reviewed Original Research