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ReviewThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2026

Placental-Neural Cross Talk: Biological Mechanisms Shaping Brain Architecture.

Anna A Penn, Imran N Mir, Alexandre Bonnin, Claire-Marie Vacher, Emily S Nichols, Carlos Escudero, Serena B Gumusoglu, Hanna E Stevens

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Review in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Anna A PennColumbia University, New York, New York 10032.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1539-5220
Imran N MirUniversity of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas 75235.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6343-0337
Alexandre BonninUniversity of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90027.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7549-6598
Claire-Marie VacherColumbia University, New York, New York 10032.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2966-8149
Emily S NicholsThe University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6G 1G7, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0541-9233
Carlos EscuderoUniversidad del Bio-Bio, Chillán 3780000, Chile.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7688-4621
Serena B GumusogluThe University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52246.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2098-388X
Hanna E StevensThe University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52246 hanna-stevens@uiowa.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3906-0786

Funding

Novel Roles of Placental Allopregnanolone in Brain Development and InjuryR01HD092593 · NICHD · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI ANNA A PENN · 2017 to 2026
$3.9M
Prenatal inflammation disrupts blood-brain barrier development and long-term function.R01NS126981 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Alexandre Bonnin · 2023 to 2026
$1.6M
Neurosteroid regulation of placental inflammationR21HD119466 · NICHD · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI PENN, ANNA A, VACHER, CLAIRE-MARIE · 2025 to 2025
$452k
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD092593NICHD NIH HHS R21 HD119466NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS126981
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Impact of placental function on normal and pathological brain processes and supported behavior is an integrative research area dubbed "neuroplacentology." Placental functional genetics, structure, and vascular function have been discovered to have links to multiple clinical outcomes: autism, schizophrenia, and developmental cognitive impairment in offspring and postpartum depression and cognition in mothers. There are significant data showing that long-term impacts of preterm birth, diseases of pregnancy (preeclampsia), and maternal stress and depression may all be mediated by placental mechanisms, providing clinical and translational insights. Here, we will provide an up-to-date introduction to this emerging field. Mechanistic links between variations in placental structure and function and features of human and animal brain development and function will be discussed, clarifying basic biological connections and highlighting new targets to prevent clinical impairments.

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BrainPlacentaAnimalsFemaleHumansPregnancy

Identifiers

PMID43015118
PMCPMC13757247

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