Prenatal Stress and Stress Physiology Influences Human Fetal and Infant Development

Authors

Elyssia Poggi Davis, University of California, IrvineFollow
Calvin J. Hobel, Cedars Sinai Medical CenterFollow
Curt A. Sandman, University of California, IrvineFollow
Laura M. Glynn, Chapman UniversityFollow
Pathik D. Wadhwa, University of California, Irvine

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"Prenatal stress has been proposed as a risk factor that may have developmental consequences persisting throughout the lifespan. Exposing rodents to stress during pregnancy has consequences for brain development, stress regulation, learning, emotionality (increased anxiety), and social behavior (increased withdrawal) of the offspring (Weinstock, 2001; Chapillon et al., 2002). Additionally, non-human primates who experience stress during pregnancy have offspring with enhanced behavioral reactivity to stressors later in life (Clarke et al., 1994), lowered levels of motor behavior (Schneider, 1992), compromised neuromotor responses (Schneider and Coe, 1993), irritable temperament (Schneider et al., 1992), and attentional problems (Schneider et al., 1999)."

ISBN

9780521182676

Publication Date

2005

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

City

Cambridge, UK

Keywords

prenatal stress, stress physiology, infant development, fetal development

Disciplines

Obstetrics and Gynecology | Other Medical Sciences | Reproductive and Urinary Physiology

Comments

In Jay Schulkin & Michael L. Powers (Eds.),Birth, Distress, and Disease: Placental-Brain Interactions . Dr. Glynn's chapter begins on page 183.

Recommended Citation

Davis EP, Hobel C, Sandman CA, Glynn LM, & Wadhwa PD. (2005). Prenatal stress and stress physiology influence human fetal and infant development. In J. Schulkin & M.L. Powers (Eds.), Birth, distress, and disease: Placental-brain interactions (pp. 183-201). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

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Cambridge University Press