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Targeting the Stress System During Gestation: Is Early Handling a Protective Strategy for the Offspring? [PDF]

, 2020
The perinatal window is a critical developmental time when abnormal gestational stimuli may alter the development of the stress system that, in turn, influences behavioral and physiological responses in the newborns.
Brancato, Anna, Castelli, Valentina, Lavanco, Gianluca, Plescia, Fulvio   +3 more
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Exploring the Genetic Background of the Differences in Nest-Building Behavior in European Rabbit

Animals, 2020
Once a day, nursing and absentee mothering make the wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) an ideal model animal for measuring differences in maternal behavior.
Ildikó Benedek, Vilmos Altbӓcker, Attila Zsolnai, Tamás Molnár   +3 more
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Postpartum State, but Not Maternal Caregiving or Level of Anxiety, Increases Medial Prefrontal Cortex GAD65 and vGAT in Female Rats

Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 2022
Upregulation of the inhibitory neurotransmitter, GABA, is involved in many of the behavioral differences between postpartum and nulliparous female rodents.
Christina M. Ragan, Christina M. Ragan, Eman I. Ahmed, Erika M. Vitale, Katrina Linning-Duffy, Stephanie M. Miller-Smith, Stephanie M. Miller-Smith, Jamie Maguire, Joseph S. Lonstein, Joseph S. Lonstein   +9 more
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Inhibitory control as a mediator of bidirectional effects between early oppositional behavior and maternal depression. [PDF]

, 2014
Maternal depression is an established risk factor for child conduct problems, but relatively few studies have tested whether children's behavioral problems exacerbate mothers' depression or whether other child behavioral characteristics (e.g., self ...
Brennan, Lauretta M, Choe, Daniel Ewon, Dishion, Thomas J, Shaw, Daniel S, Wilson, Melvin N   +4 more
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Association Between Maternal Lifestyle and Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Offspring—A Cross-Sectional Study From China

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2020
BackgroundThe prevalence of MS among children and adolescents continues to rise, which has become an escalating serious health issue worldwide. It had been reported that maternal current lifestyle had a strong independent correlation with offspring ...
Yanhui Li, Zhaogeng Yang, Xijie Wang, Di Gao, Zhiyong Zou, Bin Dong, Jun Ma, Luke Arnold   +7 more
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Application of the Breastfeeding Personal Efficacy Beliefs Inventory and Acknowledgment of Barriers for Improving Breastfeeding Initiation Rates in an Urban Population

Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews, 2014
Introduction: Breastfeeding (BF) is recognized as the preferred method of infant nutrition by American Academy of Pediatricians, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the World Health Organization.
Diwata Bose, Callie Cox Bauer, Kiley A. Bernhard, Dennis J. Baumgardner   +3 more
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Prenatal stress unmasks behavioral phenotypes in genetic mouse models of neurodevelopmental disorders

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2023
Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) are complex conditions characterized by heterogeneous clinical profiles and symptoms that arise in infancy and childhood.
Kathryn M. Harper, Kathryn M. Harper, Samuel J. Harp, Samuel J. Harp, Sheryl S. Moy, Sheryl S. Moy   +5 more
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Social Network Plasticity of Mice Parental Behavior

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022
Neural plasticity occurs during developmental stages and is essential for sexual differentiation of the brain and the ensuing sex-dependent behavioral changes in adults.
Chitose Orikasa
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Influence of Pre-reproductive Maternal Enrichment on Coping Response to Stress and Expression of c-Fos and Glucocorticoid Receptors in Adolescent Offspring

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2017
Environmental enrichment (EE) is an experimental setting broadly used for investigating the effects of complex social, cognitive, and sensorimotor stimulations on brain structure and function.
Debora Cutuli, Debora Cutuli, Erica Berretta, Erica Berretta, Greta Pasqualini, Greta Pasqualini, Paola De Bartolo, Paola De Bartolo, Paola Caporali, Daniela Laricchiuta, Daniela Laricchiuta, Patricia Sampedro-Piquero, Francesca Gelfo, Francesca Gelfo, Matteo Pesoli, Matteo Pesoli, Francesca Foti, Francesca Foti, Azucena Begega, Laura Petrosini, Laura Petrosini   +20 more
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Characterizing the Brain Structural Adaptations Across the Motherhood Transition

Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 2021
Women that become mothers face notable physiological adaptations during this life-period. Neuroimaging studies of the last decade have provided grounded evidence that women's brains structurally change across the transition into motherhood.
Magdalena Martínez-García, Magdalena Martínez-García, María Paternina-Die, María Paternina-Die, Manuel Desco, Manuel Desco, Manuel Desco, Manuel Desco, Oscar Vilarroya, Oscar Vilarroya, Susanna Carmona, Susanna Carmona   +11 more
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