Open AccessNeonatal Brain Response to Deviant Auditory Stimuli and Relation to Maternal Trait Anxiety
Author(s) -
Chad M. Sylvester,
Michael J. Myers,
Michael T. Perino,
Sydney Kaplan,
Jeanette K. Kenley,
Tara A. Smyser,
Barbara Warner,
M Deanna,
Daniel S. Pine,
Joan L. Luby,
Cynthia E. Rogers,
Christopher D. Smyser
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the american journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.477
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1535-7228
pISSN - 0002-953X
DOI - 10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.20050672
Subject(s) - anxiety , psychology , anterior cingulate cortex , offspring , trait anxiety , audiology , brain activity and meditation , developmental psychology , neuroscience , clinical psychology , cognition , electroencephalography , psychiatry , medicine , pregnancy , biology , genetics
Excessive response to unexpected or "deviant" stimuli during infancy and early childhood represents an early risk marker for anxiety disorders. However, research has yet to delineate the specific brain regions underlying the neonatal response to deviant stimuli near birth and the relation to risk for anxiety disorders. The authors used task-based functional MRI (fMRI) to delineate the neonatal response to deviant stimuli and its relationship to maternal trait anxiety.