APS
APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020
Maternal Exposure to Childhood Maltreatment and Infant Amygdala and Hippocampal Volumes
- Frances Li
Harvard Medical School, Cambridge Hospital - Jennifer Khoury
Harvard Medical School, Cambridge Hospital - Banu Ahtam
Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital - Michaela Sisitsky
Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital - Yangming Ou
Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital - Michelle Bosquet Enlow
Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital - Karlen Lyons-Ruth
Harvard Medical School, Cambridge Hospital - P. Ellen Grant
Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital
Abstract
Relations were assessed between maternal childhood maltreatment, reported on validated questionnaires, and infant regional brain volumes. Regression results, controlling for age and total grey matter volume, indicated that maternal experiences of physical abuse, sexual abuse, and household member with mental illness were predictive of enlarged infant amygdala and hippocampal volumes.
Neuroscience
