Long-term Influences of Prenatal Maternal Depressive Symptoms on the Amygdala–Prefrontal Circuitry of the Offspring From Birth to Early Childhood

Prenatal maternal depression may have long-term impacts on amygdala-cortical development. This study explored associations of prenatal maternal depressive symptoms on the amygdala-cortical structural covariance of the offspring from birth to early childhood, derived from a longitudinal birth cohort.Structural magnetic resonance imaging was performed to obtain the amygdala volume and cortical thickness at each time point. Prenatal maternal...