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"Prenatal stress from lameness in pregnant sows modifies the behavioural and physiological responses of their offspring" by Sarmiento et al.
Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/M_P_Sarmient...

#prenatalstress #sowwelfare #pigbehaviour

Prenatal Stress May Program Anxiety in Offspring, Mouse Study Shows

Inflammation in pregnant mice led to heightened anxiety in adult male offspring, with over‑active neurons in the ventral dentate gyrus and DNA‑methylation changes. Read more: getnews.me/prenatal-stress-may-prog... #prenatalstress #anxiety #epigenetics

Prenatal Immune Stress: Its Impact on Brain Development and Neuropsychiatric Disorders | Annual Reviews Many epidemiological studies have indicated that prenatal immune stress, frequently elicited by maternal immune activation, underlies a major risk for neuropsychiatric disorders of neurodevelopmental ...

What does this mean for the future?

📍 Better biomarkers
📍 Mechanism-informed psychiatry
📍 A deeper understanding of how early life shapes mental health

If you've stayed this far, here's the link: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

#NeuroScience #Psychiatry #PrenatalStress #BlueskyScience

Sex-specific impacts of #PrenatalStress Dexamethasone on🐭P14🧠#Angiogenesis (density branching segment length) #NeuroGlioVascularUnit (AQP4)

Hippocampus Prefrontal cortex Somatosensory cortex Striatum Cerebellum

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Frontiers | Stress in utero: prenatal dexamethasone exposure causes greater structural gliovascular alterations in female offspring than in males

The very first original publication from the #VCoelhoSantosLab. We explore the impact of #prenatalstress on the #gliovascular interface, revealing sex-specific effects on brain development offspring. #opticalimaging

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A pregnant person sits at a computer and looks down with a pained expression on her face. The text reads: A new MSU study pinpoints the impact of prenatal stress across 27 weeks of pregnancy. The MSU Spartan head is at the top.

For the first-time ever, a team of researchers examined weekly stress across 27 weeks of pregnancy to pinpoint when it most affects a newborn’s stress response and temperament!

Learn more: psychology.msu.edu/news-events/...

#MSUPsychology #PrenatalStress #MentalHealth

Study links prenatal stress to inflammation and mental health issues in offspring Higher stress during pregnancy is linked to increased inflammation in children at age 9 and more severe anxiety and depression in adolescence.

Higher stress during pregnancy is linked to increased inflammation in children at age 9 and more severe anxiety and depression in adolescence. #prenatalstress #inflammation #mentalhealth #offspring #childdevelopment