Maternal Influences on Fetal Neurodevelopment. Clinical and Research Aspects

ABOUT THIS BOOK

Comprehensive and ground-breaking overview of maternal influences on fetal neurodevelopment Wide-ranging discussion of the gene-environment interplay on brain development within the intrauterine environment, covering such neurodevelopmental disorders as ADHD, autism, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder Fosters better understanding and supports the call for further research into maternal and fetal mechanisms that lead to neurodevelopmental disorders

The study of maternal influences on the intrauterine environment as they relate to the developing fetal brain promises to be an important area of study. Findings in this area may make it possible to delineate the prenatal mechanisms that affect ongoing cell programming in the fetus and lead to neurodevelopmental disorders. Maternal Influences on Fetal Neurodevelopment: Clinical and Research Aspects advances the field by discussing a wide range of issues impacting several neurodevelopmental disorders. These include ADHD, autism, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Of value to practitioners and researchers in the areas of pediatric neurology, obstetrics and gynecology, fetal physiology, neuroscience, genetics, developmental medicine, perinatology, toxicology and developmental psychology, Maternal Influences on Fetal Neurodevelopment: Clinical and Research Aspects joins together research from various disciplines and demonstrates interrelated and common themes that can direct current and future multidisciplinary research and clinical care.

Content Level » Professional/practitioner
Related subjects » Gynecology - Human Genetics - Human Physiology - Neurology - Neuroscience

REVIEWS

“This interesting book examines an extremely pertinent topic in obstetrics, the gene-environment interplay and its effects on the developing human brain. … Clearly the authors have done a good job of reviewing relevant literature as well as provoking new ideas. … The audience includes clinicians and scientists interested in the fetal origin of disease. … this is an interesting book about a worthwhile topic in obstetrics. … it is a worthwhile contribution to the field.”
(Anthony Shanks, Doody’s Review Service, December, 2010)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Chapter 1: Brave New World: The Intrauterine Environment as the Biological Foundation for the Lifespan…….Tonse N. K. Raju
• Chapter 2: In the Beginning…….Janet A. DiPietro
• Chapter 3: Maternal Influences on the Developing Fetus…….Janet A. DiPietro
• Chapter 4: Implications of Maternal Programming for Fetal Neurodevelopment……Laura M. Glynn
• Chapter 5: Maternal Thyroid Function during Pregnancy: Effects on the Developing Fetal Brain…….Joanne F. Rovet and Karen Willoughby
• Chapter 6: Obstetric Factors Related to Perinatal Brain Injury…….Christopher S. Ennen and Ernest M. Graham
• Chapter 7: Activation of the Maternal Immune System as a Risk Factor for Neuropsychiatric Disorders…….Stephen E. P. Smith, Elaine Hsiao and Paul H Patterson
• Chapter 8: Prenatal Infections and Schizophrenia in Later Life—Focus on Toxoplasma gondii…….Robert Yolken and E. Fuller Torrey
• Chapter 9: Maternally Acting Alleles In Autism and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders: The Role of HLA-DR4 within the Major Histocompatibility Complex…….William G. Johnson, Steven Buyske, Edward S. Stenroos and George H. Lambert