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Cao Y, Zhang X, Zhang Q, Fan X, Zang T, Bai J, Wu Y, Zhou W, Liu Y. Prenatal Gut Microbiota Predicts Temperament in Offspring at 1-2 Years. Biol Res Nurs 2024:10998004241260894. [PMID: 38865156 DOI: 10.1177/10998004241260894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2024]
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The purpose of this study was to explore whether prenatal gut microbiota (GM) and its functions predict the development of offspring temperament. A total of 53 mothers with a 1-year-old child and 41 mothers with a 2-year-old child were included in this study using a mother-infant cohort from central China. Maternal fecal samples collected during the third trimester were analyzed using 16S rRNA V3-V4 gene sequences. Temperament of the child was measured by self-reported data according to the primary caregiver. The effects of GM in mothers on offspring's temperament were evaluated using multiple linear regression models. The results demonstrated that the alpha diversity index Simpson of prenatal GM was positively associated with the activity level of offspring at 1 year (adj. P = .036). Bifidobacterium was positively associated with high-intensity pleasure characteristics of offspring at 1 year (adj. P = .031). Comparatively, the presence of Bifidobacterium found in the prenatal microbiome was associated with low-intensity pleasure characteristics in offspring at 2 years (adj. P = .031). There were many significant associations noted among the functional pathways of prenatal GM and temperament of offspring at 2 years. Our findings support the maternal-fetal GM axis in the setting of fetal-placental development with subsequent postnatal neurocognitive developmental outcomes, and suggest that early childhood temperament is in part associated with specific GM in the prenatal setting.
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- Yanan Cao
- Center for Women's and Children's Health, Wuhan University School of Nursing, Wuhan, China
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- Wuhan University School of Nursing, Wuhan, China
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- Center for Women's and Children's Health, Wuhan University School of Nursing, Wuhan, China
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- Center for Women's and Children's Health, Wuhan University School of Nursing, Wuhan, China
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- Center for Women's and Children's Health, Wuhan University School of Nursing, Wuhan, China
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- Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Nursing, Suizhou Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Suizhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Center for Women's and Children's Health, Wuhan University School of Nursing, Wuhan, China
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Dégeilh F, Leblanc É, Daneault V, Beauchamp MH, Bernier A. Longitudinal associations between mother-child attachment security in toddlerhood and white matter microstructure in late childhood: a preliminary investigation. Attach Hum Dev 2023; 25:291-310. [PMID: 36794390 DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2023.2172437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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Early childhood experiences are considered to influence the strength and effectiveness of neural connections and thus the development of brain connectivity. As one of the most pervasive and potent early relational experiences, parent-child attachment is a prime candidate to account for experience-driven differences in brain development. Yet, knowledge of the effects of parent-child attachment on brain structure in typically developing children is scarce and largely limited to grey matter, whereas caregiving influences on white matter (i.e. neural connections) have seldom been explored. This study examined whether normative variation in mother-child attachment security predicts white matter microstructure in late childhood and explored associations with cognitive-inhibition. Mother-child attachment security was assessed using home observations when children (N = 32, 20 girls) were 15 and 26 months old. White matter microstructure was assessed using diffusion magnetic resonance imaging when children were 10 years old. Child cognitive-inhibition was tested when children were 11 years old. Results revealed a negative association between mother-toddler attachment security and child white matter microstructure organization, which in turn related to better child cognitive-inhibition. While preliminary given the sample size, these findings add to the growing literature that suggests that rich and positive experiences are likely to decelerate brain development.
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- Fanny Dégeilh
- Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Sainte-Justine Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Functional Neuroimaging Unit, Montreal Geriatric University Institute, Quebec, Canada.,Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, Montreal Sacré-Coeur Hospital, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Sainte-Justine Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Bezanson S, Nichols ES, Duerden EG. Postnatal maternal distress, infant subcortical brain macrostructure and emotional regulation. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2023; 328:111577. [PMID: 36512951 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2022.111577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2022] [Revised: 09/16/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Maternal distress is associated with an increased risk for adverse emotional development in infants, including difficulties with emotion regulation. Prenatal maternal distress has been associated with alterations in infant brain development. However, less is known about these associations with postnatal maternal distress, despite this being an important modifiable risk factor that can promote healthy brain development and emotional outcomes in infants. METHODS & RESULTS Infants underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and mothers completed standardized questionnaires concerning their levels of perceived distress 2-5 months postpartum. Infant emotion regulation was assessed at 8-11 months via maternal report. When examining the associations between maternal distress and infant macrostructure, maternal anxiety was associated with infant right pallidum volumes. Increased display of negative emotions at 8-11 months of age was associated with smaller hippocampal volumes and this association was stronger in girls than boys. CONCLUSION Findings suggest that postnatal maternal distress may be associated with early infant brain development and emphasize the importance of maternal mental health, supporting previous work. Furthermore, macrostructural properties of infant subcortical structures may be further investigated as potential biomarkers to identify infants at risk of adverse emotional outcomes.
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- Samantha Bezanson
- Neuroscience Program, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Applied Psychology, Faculty of Education, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; Western Institute for Neuroscience, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Neuroscience Program, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; Applied Psychology, Faculty of Education, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; Western Institute for Neuroscience, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; Children's Health Research Institute, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
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Anhedonia reflects a reduced ability to engage in previously pleasurable activities and has been reported in children as young as 3 years of age. It manifests early and is a strong predictor of psychiatric disease onset and progression over the course of development and into adulthood. However, little is known about its mechanistic origins, particularly in childhood and adolescence. In this chapter, we provide a socio-cognitive model of the development of anhedonia. This model is substantiated by past literature presented in this chapter to account for how the individual trajectories of emotion knowledge, autobiographical memory, and self-concept representations contribute to the onset, persistence, and progression of anhedonia from early childhood through adolescence.
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- Janani Prabhakar
- Section on Clinical and Computational Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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- Section on Clinical and Computational Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Machine Learning Team, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Psychiatry and Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, London, UK
- National and Kapodistrian University Athens, Athens, Greece
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Ilyka D, Johnson MH, Lloyd-Fox S. Infant social interactions and brain development: A systematic review. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2021; 130:448-469. [PMID: 34506843 PMCID: PMC8522805 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Revised: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 09/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Associations between caregiver-infant behaviours during social interactions and brain development outcomes were investigated. Caregivers' and infants' behaviours in interactions related to children’s structural, functional and connectivity measures. Concurrent associations between behavioural and brain measures were apparent as early as three months postnatally. Long-term associations between behaviours in early interactions and brain development outcomes were observed decades later. Individual differences in early interactions and associated brain development is an important avenue for further research.
From birth, interactions with others are an integral part of a person’s daily life. In infancy, social exchanges are thought to be critical for optimal brain development. This systematic review explores this association by drawing together infant studies that relate adult-infant behaviours – coded from their social interactions - to children’s brain measures collected during a neuroimaging session in infancy, childhood, adolescence or adulthood. In total, we identified 55 studies that explored associations between infants’ social interactions and neural measures. These studies show that several aspects of caregiver-infant behaviours are associated with, or predict, a variety of neural responses in infants, children and adolescents. The presence of both concurrent and long-term associations - some of which are first observed just a few months postnatally and extend into adulthood - open an important research avenue and motivate further longitudinal studies.
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- Dianna Ilyka
- Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Phillips ML, Schmithorst VJ, Banihashemi L, Taylor M, Samolyk A, Northrup JB, English GE, Versace A, Stiffler RS, Aslam HA, Bonar L, Panigrahy A, Hipwell AE. Patterns of Infant Amygdala Connectivity Mediate the Impact of High Caregiver Affect on Reducing Infant Smiling: Discovery and Replication. Biol Psychiatry 2021; 90:342-352. [PMID: 34130856 PMCID: PMC8364485 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.03.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Revised: 02/13/2021] [Accepted: 03/21/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Behavioral research indicates that caregiver mood disorders and emotional instability in the early months following childbirth are associated with lower positive emotionality and higher negative emotionality in infants, but the neural mechanisms remain understudied. METHODS Using resting-state functional connectivity as a measure of the functional architecture of the early infant brain, we aimed to determine the extent to which connectivity between the amygdala, a key region supporting emotional learning and perception, and large-scale neural networks mediated the association between caregiver affect and anxiety and early infant negative emotionality and positive emotionality. Two samples of infants (first sample: n = 58; second sample: n = 31) 3 months of age underwent magnetic resonance imaging during natural sleep. RESULTS During infancy, greater resting-state functional connectivity between the amygdala and the salience network and, to a lesser extent, lower amygdala and executive control network resting-state functional connectivity mediated the effect of greater caregiver postpartum depression and trait anxiety on reducing infant smiling (familywise error-corrected p < .05). Furthermore, results from the first sample were replicated in the second, independent sample, to a greater extent for caregiver depression than for caregiver anxiety. CONCLUSIONS We provide evidence of early objective neural markers that can help identify infants who are more likely to be at risk from, versus those who might be protected against, the deleterious effects of caregiver depression and anxiety and reduced positive emotionality.
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- Mary L. Phillips
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Pittsburgh, PA
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- UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Department of Pediatric Radiology, Pittsburgh, PA
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Pittsburgh, PA
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Pittsburgh, PA
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Pittsburgh, PA
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Pittsburgh, PA
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- UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Department of Pediatric Radiology, Pittsburgh, PA
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Pittsburgh, PA
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Aatsinki AK, Lahti L, Uusitupa HM, Munukka E, Keskitalo A, Nolvi S, O'Mahony S, Pietilä S, Elo LL, Eerola E, Karlsson H, Karlsson L. Gut microbiota composition is associated with temperament traits in infants. Brain Behav Immun 2019; 80:849-858. [PMID: 31132457 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2019.05.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Revised: 05/23/2019] [Accepted: 05/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND One of the key behavioral phenotypes in infancy are different temperament traits, and certain early life temperament traits have been shown to precede later mental health problems. Differences in the gut microbiota composition (GMC) have been suggested to link with neurodevelopment. For example, toddler temperament traits have been found to associate with differences in GMC; however, studies in infants are lacking although infancy is a rapid period of neurodevelopment as well as GM development. Thus, we aimed to investigate association between infant GMC and temperament. METHODS The study population (n = 301, 53% boys) was drawn from the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study. Stool samples were collected from the 2.5-month-old infants and sequenced with 16S Illumina MiSeq platform. GMC taxonomic composition (at Genus and OTU level), observed sample clusters, diversity and richness were investigated in relation to the maternal reports of Infant Behavior Questionnaire -Revised (IBQ-R) at the age of 6 months. RESULTS Three sample clusters (Bifidobacterium/Enterobacteriaceae, Bacteroides, V. Dispar) based on GMC were identified, of which Bifidobacterium/Enterobacteriaceae-cluster presented with higher scores on the IBQ-R main dimension regulation and its subscale duration of orienting compared to Bacteroides-cluster. The clusters associated with temperament in a sex-dependent manner. The IBQ-R main dimension surgency (positive emotionality) was associated positively both with genus Bifidobacterium and Streptococcus. Alpha diversity had a negative association with negative emotionality and fear reactivity. CONCLUSION This is the first study demonstrating associations, but not causal connections, between GMC and temperament in young infants in a prospective design.
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- Anna-Katariina Aatsinki
- The FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study, Turku Brain and Mind Center, Department of Clinical, Medicine, University of Turku, Lemminkäisenkatu 3 a, Teutori Building, 20014 Turun yliopisto, Finland.
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Turku, Quantum, Vesilinnantie 5, 20014 Turku, Finland.
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- The FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study, Turku Brain and Mind Center, Department of Clinical, Medicine, University of Turku, Lemminkäisenkatu 3 a, Teutori Building, 20014 Turun yliopisto, Finland.
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku, Medisiina D, 7(th) floor, Kiinanmyllynkatu 10, 20520 Turku, Finland; Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Medisiina D, 7(th) Floor, Kiinanmyllynkatu 10, 20520 Turku, Finland.
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Medisiina D, 7(th) Floor, Kiinanmyllynkatu 10, 20520 Turku, Finland; Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Medisiina D, 7(th) Floor, Kiinanmyllynkatu 10, 20520 Turku, Finland.
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- The FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study, Turku Brain and Mind Center, Department of Clinical, Medicine, University of Turku, Lemminkäisenkatu 3 a, Teutori Building, 20014 Turun yliopisto, Finland.
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- Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, and APC Microbiome Ireland, Biosciences Building, University College Cork, Ireland.
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- Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Tykistökatu 6, 20520 Turku, Finland.
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- Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Tykistökatu 6, 20520 Turku, Finland.
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- Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Medisiina D, 7(th) Floor, Kiinanmyllynkatu 10, 20520 Turku, Finland.
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- The FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study, Turku Brain and Mind Center, Department of Clinical, Medicine, University of Turku, Lemminkäisenkatu 3 a, Teutori Building, 20014 Turun yliopisto, Finland; Department of Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8, 20520 Turku, Finland.
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- The FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study, Turku Brain and Mind Center, Department of Clinical, Medicine, University of Turku, Lemminkäisenkatu 3 a, Teutori Building, 20014 Turun yliopisto, Finland; Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8, 20520 Turku, Finland.
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