Background Misconceptions about ADHD stigmatize affected people, reduce credibility of
providers, and prevent/delay treatment. To challenge misconceptions, we curated findings with …

Background: Animal experiments have convincingly demonstrated that prenatal maternal
stress affects pregnancy outcome and results in early programming of brain functions with …

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with functional impairments in
different areas of daily life. One such area is social functioning. The purpose of this paper is to …

Head motion during functional MRI (fMRI) scanning can induce spurious findings and/or harm
detection of true effects. Solutions have been proposed, including deleting (‘scrubbing’) or …

Background Neuroimaging studies have shown structural alterations in several brain regions
in children and adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Through the …

Background: Animal studies show that prenatal maternal stress may be related to cognitive
impairments in offspring. Therefore, we examined whether psychological and endocrinologic …

OBJECTIVE: Assessment of general anxiety during pregnancy may underestimate anxiety
specifically related to pregnancy. Pregnancy anxiety rather than general anxiety has been …

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a nerve growth factor that has antidepressant-like
effects in animals and may be implicated in the etiology of mood-related phenotypes. …

Background. Several theoretical explanations of ADHD in children have focused on executive
functioning as the main explanatory neuropsychological domain for the disorder. In order …

This review focuses on prenatal stress as a risk factor for psychopathology. Evidence from
animal studies is summarized, and the relevance of prenatal stress models in animals for …