Citation
Camerota, Marie; Wylie, Amanda C.; Goldblum, Jessica; Wideman, Laurie; Cheatham, Carol L.; & Propper, Cathi B. (2022). Testing a Cascade Model Linking Prenatal Inflammation to Child Executive Function. Behavioural Brain Research, 431, 113959.Abstract
Inflammation during pregnancy is beginning to be understood as a risk factor predicting poor infant health and neurodevelopmental outcomes. The long-term sequelae associated with exposure to prenatal inflammation are less well established. The current study examined associations between maternal inflammation during pregnancy, markers of infant neurodevelopment (general cognitive ability, negative affect, and sleep quality), and preschool executive function (EF) in a longitudinal sample of 40 African American mother-infant dyads. Mothers completed a blood draw in the third trimester of pregnancy to measure plasma levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) and pro-inflammatory cytokines (e.g., interleukin 6 [IL-6], tumor necrosis factor-alpha [TNF-URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2022.113959Reference Type
Journal ArticleYear Published
2022Journal Title
Behavioural Brain ResearchAuthor(s)
Camerota, MarieWylie, Amanda C.
Goldblum, Jessica
Wideman, Laurie
Cheatham, Carol L.
Propper, Cathi B.