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Latest papers
Within-litter variation in maternal care is a key contributor to individual differences in offspring behavior and monoamine neurochemistry in female Long-Evans rats.
Hormones and behavior · 2025
Maternal care activates the ventral tegmental area but not dopaminergic cells in the rat.
Journal of neuroendocrinology · 2019
The Ontario Birth Study: A prospective pregnancy cohort study integrating perinatal research into clinical care
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology · 2018
Latest funding
- $46,000
The role of milk prolactin in neurodevelopment and behaviour
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $1,494,429
Identifying pathways for the emergence of mental health functioning in young adults from prenatal adversity, genetic susceptibility, the early environment, and intervening life stress - Leveraging hypotheses generated from an international birth cohort consortium.
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $100,000
Identifying pathways for the emergence of mental health functioning in young adults from prenatal adversity, genetic susceptibility, the early environment, and intervening life stress - Leveraging hypotheses generated from an international birth cohort consortium to test specific mechanisms about anxiety, depression, and wellbeing.
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
6 publications.
Within-litter variation in maternal care is a key contributor to individual differences in offspring behavior and monoamine neurochemistry in female Long-Evans rats.
Whitman QA, Mirzaei A, Lauby SC, Chatterjee D, Fleming A, McGowan PO
Maternal care activates the ventral tegmental area but not dopaminergic cells in the rat.
Caba M, Melo AI, Fleming A, Meza E
The Ontario Birth Study: A prospective pregnancy cohort study integrating perinatal research into clinical care
Anderson LN, Knight JA, Hung RJ, Hewko SL, Seeto RA, Martin M, Fleming A, Maguire JL, Matthews SG, Murphy KE
A <scp>DRD</scp> 4 gene by maternal sensitivity interaction predicts risk for overweight or obesity in two independent cohorts of preschool children
A high multivitamin diet fed to Wistar rat dams during pregnancy increases maternal weight gain later in life and alters homeostatic, hedonic and peripheral regulatory systems of energy balance.
Pannia E, Cho CE, Kubant R, Sánchez-Hernández D, Huot PS, Chatterjee D, Fleming A, Anderson GH
Transgenerational effects of maternal care interact with fetal growth and influence attention skills at 18 months of age.
Neuwald MF, Agranonik M, Portella AK, Fleming A, Wazana A, Steiner M, Levitan RD, Meaney MJ, Silveira PP, MAVAN Study Team
The role of milk prolactin in neurodevelopment and behaviour
Principal investigators: fleming, alison
Keywords: maternal milk; endocrine; behaviour; parental care; social behaviour; neurodevelopment; sex differences; stress response; gene expression; brain
Identifying pathways for the emergence of mental health functioning in young adults from prenatal adversity, genetic susceptibility, the early environment, and intervening life stress - Leveraging hypotheses generated from an international birth cohort consortium.
Principal investigators: Wazana, Ashley
Keywords: Developmental Pathways; Early Environmental Processes; Generalized Psychopathology; Genetic Susceptibility; Harmonization; Internalizing Symptoms; Maternal Adversity; Mental Health; Replication; Youth
Identifying pathways for the emergence of mental health functioning in young adults from prenatal adversity, genetic susceptibility, the early environment, and intervening life stress - Leveraging hypotheses generated from an international birth cohort consortium to test specific mechanisms about anxiety, depression, and wellbeing.
Principal investigators: Wazana, Ashley; Choudhury, Suparna
Keywords: Early Environments; Genetic Susceptibility; Maternal Adversity; Mental Health; Positive Well-Being; Psychopathology; Sex And Gender; Trajectories; Youth
Biological mechanisms mediating the beneficial effects of immediate mother-infant contact in preterm birth
Principal investigators: McGowan, Patrick O
Keywords: Biomarkers; Breastfeeding; Dna Methylation Modifications; Endocrinology; Neurodevelopment; Parental Care; Preterm Birth; Stress Response
The gender specific effects of prenatal adversity on the development of anxious and depressive psychopathology in early adolescence - the moderating effect of genes and early maternal care
Principal investigators: Wazana, Ashley
Keywords: Anxious And Depressive Psychopathology; Child Mental Health; Developmental Origins Of Mental Health Disorders; Differential Susceptibility; Early Age Mother-Child Interactions; Gender Dimorphic Effects Of Prenatal Adversity; Gene-Environment Interactions; Genetic Susceptibility; Polygenic Risk Scores; Prenatal Adversity (Maternal Distress)
Not all rat pups are treated equally: Behavioral, neural, and (epi)genetic mechanisms mediating mother-offspring dynamics
Principal investigators: Fleming, Alison
An early Post-Natal Model of G X E Effects in Chronic Obesity based on Maternal Sensitivity and Reward System Genes
Principal investigators: Levitan, Robert D; Hamilton, Jill K; Meaney, Michael J
Keywords: Attention Deficit Disorder Genes; Dopamine System Genes; Gene By Environment Interaction; Impulsivity; Maternal Sensitivity; Obesity
Determinants of Individual Differences in Maternal Care
Principal investigators: Fleming, Alison S
Keywords: Attachment; Attention; Genetics; Infant Temperament; Maternal Behaviour; Stress
The role of genotype and epigenotype in serotonin transporter effects on depression and anxiety-related behaviours
Principal investigators: Sasaki, Aya
Keywords: Anxiety; Behavior; Depression; Epigenetics; Gene Environment Interactions; Genotype; Mental Health; Microdialysis; Rodent; Serotonin
Determinants of individual differences in maternal care
Principal investigators: Meaney, Michael J; Atkinson, Leslie R; Fleming, Alison S; Kennedy, James L
Keywords: Attachment; Attention; Genetics; Infant Temperament; Maternal Behaviour; Stress
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