Infant frontal EEG asymmetry and prenatal depression: Letter

Depression is common in pregnancies. Previous studies indicated that maternal depression can cause a long-term adverse effect on neuro-development in offspring (1). It has been suggested that there is a higher risk for cognitive, behavioral, and emotional problems in children with a family history of prenatal and postnatal maternal depression (2). Although most of the studies investigated prenatal or postnatal maternal depression reached a consensus that the neural basis of maternal depression in offspring might be the right frontal electroencephalogram (EEG) asymmetry (3, 4).