Carolina de Weerth - Publications#

Selection of representative publications of the last years:

Rheinheimer, N., Beijers, R., Bruinhof, C.M., Cooijmans, K. H. M., & de Weerth, C. (2022). Effects of Daily Full-term Infant Skin-to-Skin Contact on Behavior and Cognition at Age Three – Secondary Outcomes of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, in press.

Beijers, R., Breugelmans, S., Brett, B.E., Willemsen, Y., Bos, P., de Weerth, C. (2022) Cortisol and testosterone concentrations during the prenatal and postpartum period forecast later caregiving quality in mothers and fathers. Hormones & Behavior, 142:105177. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2022.105177.

Cooijmans, K. H. M., Beijers, R., & de Weerth, C. (2022) Daily Skin-to-Skin Contact and Crying and Sleeping in Healthy Full-Term Infants: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Developmental Psychology, in press. doi: 10.1037/dev0001392.

Ou, Y., Belzer, C., Smidt, H., de Weerth, C. (2022). Development of the gut microbiota in healthy children in the first ten years of life: associations with internalizing and externalizing behavior. Gut Microbes, 14(1):2038853. doi: 10.1080/19490976.2022.2038853.

de Weerth, C., Aatsinki, A., Azad, M., Bartol, F., Bode, L., Collado, M.C., Dettmer, A.M., Field, C.J., Guilfoyle, M., Hinde, K., Korosi, A., Lustermans, H., Mohd Shukri, N.H., Moore, S.E., Pundir, S., Rodriguez, J.M., Slupsky, C.M., Turner, S., van Goudoever, J.B., Ziomkiewicz, A., Beijers, R. (2022). Human milk: from complex tailored nutrition to bioactive impact on child cognition and behavior. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, Mar 30:1-38. doi: 10.1080/10408398.2022.2053058.

McGill, M.G., McEwen, L.M., Ph.D.3, Irina Pokhvisneva, I., Beijers, R., Tollenaar, M., Kee, M., Garg, E., Karnani, N., Silveira, P.P., Kobor, M.S., de Weerth, C., Meaney, M.J., O’Donnell, K.J. (2022). Maternal prenatal anxiety and the fetal origins of epigenetic aging. Biological Psychiatry, 91(3):303-312. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.07.025.

Cooijmans, K. H. M., Beijers, R., Brett, B. E., de Weerth, C. (2021). Daily skin-to-skin contact in full-term infants and breastfeeding: Secondary outcomes from a randomized controlled trial. Maternal & Child Nutrition, Jul 8:e13241. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13241.

Vacaru, V.S., Beijers, R., Browne, P.D., Cloin, M., van Bakel, H., van den Heuvel, M.I., de Weerth, C. (2021). The risk and protective factors of heightened prenatal anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 lockdown. Scientific Reports, 11(1):20261. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-99662-6.

Brett, B.E., Koko, B.K., Doumbia, H.O.Y., Koffi, F.K., Assa, S.E., Zahé, K.Y.A.S., Faye-Ketté, H., Kati-Coulibaly, S., Kort, R., Sybesma, W., Reid, G., & de Weerth, C. (2021). Salivary Biomarkers of Stress and Inflammation in First Graders in Côte d’Ivoire: Effects of a Probiotic Food Intervention. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 129, 105255.

Stern, J. A., Beijers, R., Ehrlich, K. B., Cassidy, J., & de Weerth, C. (2020). Beyond early adversity: Parenting predicts infants’ physical health in a community sample. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 41(6):452-460. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000804.

Browne, P. D., Aparicio, M., Alba, C., Hechler, C., Beijers, R, Rodríguez, J. M., Fernandez, L., de Weerth, C. (2019) Human Milk Microbiome and Maternal Postnatal Psychosocial Distress. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10:2333. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02333.

Beijers, R., Cassidy, J., Lustermans, H., de Weerth, C. (2019) Parent-Infant Room-sharing during the First Months of Life: Longitudinal Links with Behavior during Middle Childhood. Child Development, 90(4):1350-1367. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13146.

De Weerth, C. (2018) Prenatal Stress and the Development of Psychopathology: Lifestyle Behaviors as a Fundamental Part of the Puzzle. Development and Psychopathology, 30(3):1129-1144. doi: 10.1017/S0954579418000494.

Zeevenhooven, J., Browne, P.D., L’Hoir, M.P., de Weerth, C., Benninga, M.A. (2018) Infant colic: mechanisms and management. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 15(8):479-496. doi: 10.1038/s41575-018-0008-7.

De Weerth, C. (2017) Do Bacteria Shape our Development? Crosstalk between Intestinal Microbiota and HPA Axis. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 83:458-471. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.09.016.