Sex-Specific Pathways From Prenatal Maternal Inflammation to Adolescent Depressive Symptoms
Emily Lipner,
Naoise Mac Giollabhui,
Elizabeth C. Breen
et al.
Abstract:ImportancePrenatal maternal inflammation has been associated with major depressive disorder in offspring in adulthood as well as with internalizing and externalizing symptoms in childhood; however, the association between prenatal inflammation and offspring depression in adolescence has yet to be examined.ObjectiveTo determine whether maternal levels of inflammatory biomarkers during pregnancy are associated with depressive symptomatology in adolescent-aged offspring and to examine how gestational timing, offs… Show more
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