Laura A. Wortinger

Featured in: Favicon

Articles

The impact of placental genomic risk for schizophrenia and birth asphyxia on brain development - Translational Psychiatry

Nov 7, 2023 | nature.com | Laura A. Wortinger |Attila Szabó |Claudia Barth |Marianne Thoresen |Ole A. Andreassen |Srdjan Djurovic | +4 more

AbstractThe placenta plays a role in fetal brain development, and pregnancy and birth complications can be signs of placental dysfunction. Birth asphyxia is associated with smaller head size and higher risk of developing schizophrenia (SZ), but whether birth asphyxia and placental genomic risk factors associated with SZ are related and how they might impact brain development is unclear.

Try JournoFinder For Free

Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.