TY - JOUR
T1 - Nutritional and immunological factors in breast milk: a role in the intergenerational transmission from maternal psychopathology to child development
AU - Di Benedetto, Maria Grazia
AU - Bottanelli, Chiara
AU - Cattaneo, Annamaria
AU - Pariante, Carmine Maria
AU - Borsini, Alessandra
PY - 2019/5/23
Y1 - 2019/5/23
N2 - Perinatal psychopathologies affect more than 25% of women during and after their gestational period. These psychiatric disorders can potentially determine important biological variations in their organisms, affecting many different physiological and metabolic pathways. Of relevance, any of these changes occurring in the mother can alter the normal composition of breast milk, particularly the concentration of nutritional and inflammatory components, which play a role in child brain functioning and development. Indeed, there is evidence showing that changes in milk composition can contribute to cognitive impairments and alterations in mental abilities in children. This review aims to shed light on the unique intergenerational role played by breast milk composition, from maternal psychopathologies to child development.
AB - Perinatal psychopathologies affect more than 25% of women during and after their gestational period. These psychiatric disorders can potentially determine important biological variations in their organisms, affecting many different physiological and metabolic pathways. Of relevance, any of these changes occurring in the mother can alter the normal composition of breast milk, particularly the concentration of nutritional and inflammatory components, which play a role in child brain functioning and development. Indeed, there is evidence showing that changes in milk composition can contribute to cognitive impairments and alterations in mental abilities in children. This review aims to shed light on the unique intergenerational role played by breast milk composition, from maternal psychopathologies to child development.
KW - Breast milk composition
KW - Child behavior
KW - Child neurodevelopment
KW - Perinatal anxiety
KW - Perinatal depression
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85066448377&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.bbi.2019.05.032
DO - 10.1016/j.bbi.2019.05.032
M3 - Review article
JO - Brain Behaviour and Immunity
JF - Brain Behaviour and Immunity
ER -