Right frontal EEG and pregnancy/neonatal outcomes.
Fifty-two pregnant women recruited during their second trimester were given EEGs and divided into greater relative right and left frontal EEG activation groups. The greater relative right frontal EEG women had lower dopamine levels during their second trimester and lower dopamine and higher cortisol levels during the neonatal period. The newborns of the right frontal EEG mothers also showed greater relative right frontal EEG, had lower dopamine and serotonin levels, spent more time in indeterminate sleep and had inferior Brazelton scores. A discriminant function analysis based on the mothers' prenatal depression scores and biochemical measures correctly classified 74% of the women as greater relative right or left frontal EEG group members.
Field
Tiffany
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Touch Research Institutes, University of Miami School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics (D-820), P. O. Box 016820, Miami, FL 33101, USA. tfield@med.miami.edu
Diego
Miguel
M
Hernandez-Reif
Maria
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Schanberg
Saul
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Kuhn
Cynthia
C
D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000652:urine; D004298:Dopamine / Q000652:urine; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000652:urine; D018730:Infant Behavior; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000652:urine; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D012890:Sleep; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
D004298:Dopamine; D006854:Hydrocortisone