Prenatal maternal stress and offspring aggressive behavior: Intergenerational and transgenerational inheritance

Even though studies have shown that prenatal maternal stress is associated with increased reactivity of the HPA axis, the association between prenatal maternal stress and fetal glucocorticoid exposure is complex and most likely dependent on unidentified and poorly understood variables including natu...

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Main Authors: Ngala Elvis Mbiydzenyuy, Sian Megan Joanna Hemmings, Lihle Qulu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.977416/full