Stress During Pregnancy Has Detrimental Effect On Offspring
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 22:14
in Psychology & Sociology
That stress during a mother's pregnancy can cause developmental and emotional problems for offspring has long been observed by behavioral and biological researchers, but the objective measuring and timing of that stress and its results are difficult to prove objectively in humans. New experimental work has demonstrated the relationship between maternal stress and impairment of offspring in rats.