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Maternal prenatal depression and epigenetic age deceleration: testing potentially confounding effects of prenatal stress and SSRI use by McKenna, Brooke G., Hendrix, Cassandra L., Brennan, Patricia A., Smith, Alicia K., Stowe, Zachary N., Newport, D. Jeffrey, Knight, Anna K.

“…Previous studies suggest epigenetic alterations may contribute to the association between maternal prenatal depression and adverse offspring outcomes…”
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Community attitudes on genetic research of gender identity, sexual orientation, and mental health by Thomas, Taylor R, Hofammann, Dabney, McKenna, Brooke G, I R van der Miesen, Anna, Stokes, Mark A, Daniolos, Peter, Michaelson, Jacob J

“…Sex is an important factor in mental health, and a non-binary view of how variation in sex and gender influence mental health represents a new research…”
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Intergenerational and early life associations of the gut microbiome and stress-related symptomatology among Black American mothers and children by McKenna, Brooke G., Dunlop, Anne L., Corwin, Elizabeth, Smith, Alicia K., Venkateswaran, Suresh, Brennan, Patricia A.

“…Recent evidence suggests that maternal childhood adversity may have an intergenerational impact, with children of adversity-exposed mothers exhibiting elevated…”
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Genetic and morphological estimates of androgen exposure predict social deficits in multiple neurodevelopmental disorder cohorts by McKenna, Brooke G, Huang, Yongchao, Vervier, Kévin, Hofammann, Dabney, Cafferata, Mary, Al-Momani, Seima, Lowenthal, Florencia, Zhang, Angela, Koh, Jin-Young, Thenuwara, Savantha, Brueggeman, Leo, Bahl, Ethan, Koomar, Tanner, Pottschmidt, Natalie, Kalmus, Taylor, Casten, Lucas, Thomas, Taylor R, Michaelson, Jacob J

“…Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) display a strong male bias. Androgen exposure is profoundly increased in typical…”
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Association between racial discrimination and CTRA expression following trauma exposure provides further context for health inequities and the weathering hypothesis by McKenna, Brooke G., Brennan, Patricia A.

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HPA-axis multilocus genetic profile score moderates the association between maternal prenatal perceived stress and offspring depression in early adulthood by McKenna, Brooke G, Hammen, Constance, Brennan, Patricia A

“…Maternal stress during pregnancy can cause alterations to the fetal hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, a phenomenon known as fetal programming that may…”
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When Anger Remains Unspoken: Anger and Accelerated Epigenetic Aging Among Stress-Exposed Black Americans by McKenna, Brooke G., Mekawi, Yara, Katrinli, Seyma, Carter, Sierra, Stevens, Jennifer S., Powers, Abigail, Smith, Alicia K., Michopoulos, Vasiliki

“…Race-related lifetime stress exposure (LSE) including racial discrimination, trauma, and stressful life events have been shown to contribute to racial health…”
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Maternal Childhood Adversity Associates With Frontoamygdala Connectivity in Neonates by Hendrix, Cassandra L., Dilks, Daniel D., McKenna, Brooke G., Dunlop, Anne L., Corwin, Elizabeth J., Brennan, Patricia A.

“…It is well established that exposure to adversity, especially during sensitive periods of development such as childhood, has both behavioral (e.g., increasing…”
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Maternal Adversity and Epigenetic Age Acceleration Predict Heightened Emotional Reactivity in Offspring: Implications for Intergenerational Transmission of Risk by McKenna, Brooke G, Choi, Joanne, Brennan, Patricia A, K. Knight, Anna, Smith, Alicia K, R. Pilkay, Stefanie, Corwin, Elizabeth J, Dunlop, Anne L

“…Black American women are disproportionately exposed to adversities that may have an intergenerational impact on mental health. The present study examined…”
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Prenatal Distress Links Maternal Early Life Adversity to Infant Stress Functioning in the Next Generation by Hendrix, Cassandra L., Brown, April L., McKenna, Brooke G., Dunlop, Anne L., Corwin, Elizabeth J., Brennan, Patricia A.

“…Maternal stress in pregnancy exerts powerful programming effects into the next generation. Yet it remains unclear whether and how adversity from other times in…”
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Capability-Informed Competency Approach to Lifelong Professional Development by Kaslow, Nadine J., Farber, Eugene W., Ammons, Carla J., Graves, Chanda C., Hampton-Anderson, Joya N., Lewis, Douglas E., Lim, Noriel, McKenna, Brooke G., Penna, Suzanne, Cattie, Jordan E.

“…This article highlights how syndemic processes related to the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, racial injustice, and economic instability serve as…”
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