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FKBP5 Moderates the Association between Antenatal Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Neonatal Brain Morphology.
Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology - 1 Feb 2018
Wang Changqing, Shen Mojun, Guillaume Bryan, Chong Yap-Seng, Chen Helen, Fortier Marielle V, Meaney Michael J, Qiu Anqi
Abstract excerpt
Antenatal maternal depressive symptoms influence fetal brain development and increase the risk for depression in offspring. Such vulnerability is often moderated by the offspring's genetic variants. This study aimed to examine whether FKBP5, a key regulator of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, moderates the association between antenatal maternal depressive symptoms and in utero brain development,...
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