Prenatal socioeconomic status and social support are associated with neonatal brain morphology, toddler language and psychiatric symptoms.

ABSTRACT: Few studies have assessed the association of parental socioeconomic status (SES) with brain measures in neonates, at a time when exposure to the postnatal environment is minimal. Social support may buffer the adverse consequences of SES, and has been associated with better cognitive - emotional development in children. We studied the association of prenatal SES and social support with neonatal brain structure, and toddler cognition, and psychiatric symptoms. In a sample of 37 healthy neonates, we correlated a measure of SES and marital/partner status (an index of social support) with morphological features of the cerebral surface measured on high-resolution MRI scans between the 1^st - 6^th weeks of postnatal life. We then assessed how SES relates to cognitive and behav

SUBMITTER: Spann MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6930975 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature