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| J A DipietroSummaryAffiliation: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Country: USA Publications
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Baby and the brain: advances in child developmentJ A Dipietro
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 21:455-71. 2000....
Fetal responses to induced maternal relaxation during pregnancyJanet A Dipietro
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States
Biol Psychol 77:11-9. 2008..Potential mechanisms that may mediate the observed results are discussed...- Maternal stress in pregnancy: considerations for fetal developmentJanet A Dipietro
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
J Adolesc Health 51:S3-8. 2012.... - Physiological blunting during pregnancy extends to induced relaxationJanet A Dipietro
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, 615 N Wolfe St, W1033, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States
Biol Psychol 89:14-20. 2012..Findings support non-specific blunting of physiological responsivity during pregnancy... - Neurobehavioral assessment before birthJanet A Dipietro
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Ment Retard Dev Disabil Res Rev 11:4-13. 2005.... - Prenatal origins of temperamental reactivity in early infancyJanet A Dipietro
Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St, E4531, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Early Hum Dev 84:569-75. 2008..Temperament theory has long considered individual differences in reactivity and regulation to be present at birth. Recent evidence suggests that such differences may be present prenatally and moderated by maternal emotionality... - Maternal psychological distress during pregnancy in relation to child development at age twoJanet A Dipietro
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Child Dev 77:573-87. 2006..Mild to moderate levels of psychological distress may enhance fetal maturation in healthy populations... - Prenatal development of intrafetal and maternal-fetal synchronyJanet A Dipietro
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Behav Neurosci 120:687-701. 2006..Fetal motor activity exhibited synchrony with both maternal electrodermal and heart rate activity. Implications for revealing fundamental properties of neural development prior to birth are discussed... - Choroid plexus cysts do not affect fetal neurodevelopmentJ A Dipietro
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Perinatol 26:622-7. 2006..To determine whether an isolated finding of a choroid plexus cyst (CPC) during routine ultrasound is associated with altered fetal growth or development... - Fetal heart rate and variability: stability and prediction to developmental outcomes in early childhoodJanet A Dipietro
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St, E4531, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Child Dev 78:1788-98. 2007..5 years (n = 61). These data suggest that the foundations of individual differences in autonomic control originate during gestation and the developmental momentum of the fetal period continues after birth... - Continuity in self-report measures of maternal anxiety, stress, and depressive symptoms from pregnancy through two years postpartumJanet A Dipietro
John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol 29:115-24. 2008..97, p < 0.05; time interaction F (2,174)= 7.15, p < 0.001] to multiparous levels by two years. Results are discussed in terms of a "motherhood" effect on psychological distress... - The pregnancy experience scale-brief versionJanet A Dipietro
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol 29:262-7. 2008..Internal reliability, test-retest reliability and convergent validity were comparable with the original version. The PES-Brief provides an economical source of information on stress appraisal and emotional valence towards pregnancy... - Fetal motor activity and maternal cortisolJanet A Dipietro
Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Dev Psychobiol 51:505-12. 2009..5. There were no sex differences in fetal motor activity, but the associations between maternal cortisol and fetal motor amplitude and overall movement were significantly stronger for male than female fetuses... - Prenatal antecedents of newborn neurological maturationJanet A Dipietro
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Child Dev 81:115-30. 2010..Maternal pregnancy-specific psychological stress was associated with accelerated neurologic maturation... 
Isolated prenatal choroid plexus cysts do not affect child developmentJanet A Dipietro
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Prenat Diagn 31:745-9. 2011..To examine the effect of isolated prenatal choroid plexus cysts (CPCs) on child cognitive, behavioral, motor, and autonomic development at 18 months of age...- Maternal psychophysiological change during the second half of gestationJanet A Dipietro
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 615 North Wolfe Street, E4531, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Biol Psychol 69:23-38. 2005..Despite buffered responsivity to stressful stimuli during pregnancy, advancing gestation is associated with escalating sympathetic tone and declining parasympathetic tone... - Measuring the ups and downs of pregnancy stressJ A Dipietro
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol 25:189-201. 2004..Measurement of hassles relative to uplifts may provide the most balanced assessment of pregnancy appraisal... - Maternal salivary cortisol differs by fetal sex during the second half of pregnancyJanet A Dipietro
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St, W1033, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Psychoneuroendocrinology 36:588-91. 2011..Results highlight the importance of considering fetal sex as a moderator of contemporaneous and predictive associations between maternal cortisol and prenatal or postnatal development... - Maternal stress and affect influence fetal neurobehavioral developmentJanet A Dipietro
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Dev Psychol 38:659-68. 2002..Associations with fetal heart-rate measures were detected at 36 weeks gestation. These data provide evidence for proximal effects of maternal psychological functioning on fetal neurobehavior... - Fetal state concordance predicts infant state regulationJanet A Dipietro
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 624 N Broadway, Room 280, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Early Hum Dev 68:1-13. 2002..63, p<0.05). These results support fetal state as a stable individual attribute that is conserved across the prenatal and neonatal periods... - Fetal response to induced maternal stressJanet A Dipietro
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 624 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Early Hum Dev 74:125-38. 2003..Despite increased attention to the role of antenatal maternal psychological stress in postnatal development, remarkably little information is available on the nature of the intrauterine fetal response to maternal psychological state... - Cross-correlation of fetal cardiac and somatic activity as an indicator of antenatal neural developmentJ A Dipietro
Department of Population and Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 185:1421-8. 2001..In this study, we wanted to model the emergence of coupling between fetal cardiac and somatic activity in normal and at-risk fetuses... - The psychophysiology of the maternal-fetal relationshipJanet A Dipietro
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Psychophysiology 41:510-20. 2004..Associations did not change over gestation, were unaffected by a maternal stressor, and showed within-pair stability. The bidirectional nature of the maternal-fetal relationship is considered... - Fetal neurobehavioral development: a tale of two citiesJanet A Dipietro
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Dev Psychol 40:445-56. 2004..Motor activity differences were less consistent. No sex differences in fetal neurobehaviors were detected. It is concluded that population factors can influence the developmental niche of the fetus... - Women's response to fetal choroid plexus cysts detected by prenatal ultrasoundE A Cristofalo
Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
J Perinatol 26:215-23. 2006..To determine maternal responses to detection of a minor structural variant, the choroid plexus cyst (CPC), in their fetus on prenatal ultrasound... - Fetal movement detection: comparison of the Toitu actograph with ultrasound from 20 weeks gestationJ A Dipietro
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
J Matern Fetal Med 8:237-42. 1999..This study evaluates the validity of Doppler-detected fetal movement by a commercially available monitor and investigates whether characteristics of maternal body habitus and the intrauterine environment affect its performance... - Maternal methadone dosing schedule and fetal neurobehaviourLauren M Jansson
Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 22:29-35. 2009..The purpose of this study was to determine if split-dosing would have less impact on fetal neurobehaviour than single-dose administration... - Fetal growth in Peru: comparisons with international fetal size charts and implications for fetal growth assessmentM Merialdi
Center for Human Nutrition, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 26:123-8. 2005.... - Psychosocial influences in dietary patterns during pregnancyKristen M Hurley
Center for Human Nutrition, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 105:963-6. 2005..Psychosocial factors should be considered when counseling women regarding diet during pregnancy... - Randomized controlled trial of prenatal zinc supplementation and the development of fetal heart rateMario Merialdi
Center for Human Nutrition, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 190:1106-12. 2004..No differences in motor activity were observed. CONCLUSION: Prenatal supplementation of zinc-deficient mothers may be beneficial to fetal neurobehavioral development... - Randomized controlled trial of prenatal zinc supplementation and fetal bone growthMario Merialdi
Center for Human Nutrition, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, 615 North Wolfe Street, Room W2041, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 79:826-30. 2004.... - Infant autonomic functioning and neonatal abstinence syndromeLauren M Jansson
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 109:198-204. 2010..The current study examines whether cardiac vagal tone, an indicator of parasympathetic neuroregulation, provides a marker for autonomic dysregulation subsequently expressed as NAS in prenatally opioid-exposed newborns... - Maternal gestational zinc supplementation does not influence multiple aspects of child development at 54 mo of age in PeruLaura E Caulfield
Department of International Health, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 92:130-6. 2010..Zinc is necessary for central nervous system development, and maternal zinc status has been associated with developmental differences in offspring... - Nutritional influences on maternal autonomic function during pregnancyLaura E Caulfield
Center for Human Nutrition, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 34:107-14. 2009..Variability in autonomic function during the second half of pregnancy is associated with hematologic status and changes in lower limb body composition across pregnancy... - Diurnal rhythm of cortisol during late pregnancy: associations with maternal psychological well-being and fetal growthKatie T Kivlighan
Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Room E4030, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States
Psychoneuroendocrinology 33:1225-35. 2008..The findings suggest that regulation of the HPA axis may differ by parity status with downstream implications for fetal growth and development... - Psychosocial influences on weight gain attitudes and behaviors during pregnancyJanet A Dipietro
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 103:1314-9. 2003..To examine pregnant women's weight-related attitudes and behaviors in relation to a constellation of psychosocial characteristics, prepregnancy body habitus, and gestational weight gain... - Associations of maternal psychological factors with umbilical and uterine blood flowTamar Mendelson
Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol 32:3-9. 2011..This study characterised the progression of umbilical and uterine blood flow resistance in healthy pregnancies and evaluated concurrent and longitudinal associations with maternal anxiety and other psychological factors... - Maternal zinc supplementation during pregnancy affects autonomic function of Peruvian children assessed at 54 months of ageLaura E Caulfield
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Nutr 141:327-32. 2011.... - Maternal vagal tone change in response to methadone is associated with neonatal abstinence syndrome severity in exposed neonatesLauren M Jansson
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 20:677-85. 2007.... - What does fetal movement predict about behavior during the first two years of life?Janet A Dipietro
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Dev Psychobiol 40:358-71. 2002.... - In vitro fertilization and the family: quality of parenting, family functioning, and child psychosocial adjustmentC S Hahn
Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Dev Psychol 37:37-48. 2001..In contrast, IVF mothers reported less satisfaction with aspects of family functioning. Family composition moderated parenting stress: IVF mothers with only 1 child perceived less parenting stress than did those in the control group... - Pregnancy folklore revisited: the case of heartburn and hairKathleen A Costigan
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
Birth 33:311-4. 2006..We propose a shared biologic mechanism involving a dual role of pregnancy hormones in both the relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter and the modulation of fetal hair growth...
Research Grants
- FETAL NEUROBEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT & POSTNATAL CONTINUITYJANET DI PIETRO; Fiscal Year: 2009..We will apply this information to understanding how mothers interact with their infants during their first year of life. ..
- FETAL NEUROBEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT & POSTNATAL CONTINUITYJANET DI PIETRO; Fiscal Year: 2007..abstract_text> ..
- FETAL NEUROBEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT & POSTNATAL CONTINUITYJANET DI PIETRO; Fiscal Year: 2006..Growth curve modeling and time series analyses will be applied to evaluate whether rate of development during gestation predicts physical, neurological, and regulatory maturation at birth. ..
- FETAL NEUROBEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT & POSTNATAL CONTINUITYJANET DI PIETRO; Fiscal Year: 2000..Manipulation of maternal state will be done at 24 and 32 weeks by engaging the women in a video game and testing with a phrase association task. Infants will be tested at 4 and 9 months on a variety of measures. ..
- FETAL NEUROBEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT & POSTNATAL CONTINUITYJANET A DI PIETRO; Fiscal Year: 2010..We will apply this information to understanding how mothers interact with their infants during their first year of life. ..