Humans are not unique: difficult birth is common in placental mammals
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Human childbirth is widely presumed to be uniquely difficult and dangerous compared to birth in other mammals. Tight fetopelvic proportions can result in obstructed labour and contribute to high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality. Ideas summarised under the ‘obstetrical dilemma’ have contributed to this assumption by explaining difficult
Nicole D. S. Grunstra
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Autonomic nervous system functioning assessed during the Still-Face Paradigm: A meta-analysis and systematic review of methods, approach and findings. [PDF]
, 2018 Animal and human research suggests that the development of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) is particularly sensitive to early parenting experiences.
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Prenatal stress alters hippocampal synaptic plasticity in young rat offspring through preventing the proteolytic conversion of pro‐brain‐derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) to mature BDNF [PDF]
, 2011 Che‐Ming Yeh +2 more
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Perceived Stress and Prenatal Distress during Pregnancy and its Related Factors [PDF]
, 2020 Soheila Rabipoor, Maryam Abedi
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On the importance of including both sexes in animal studies – insights from home‐cage monitoring
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A review of behavioural studies using home‐cage monitoring (HCM) systems revealed that over 61% of studies used only male subjects, with only 24% including both sexes, despite evidence of substantial behavioural differences between male and female animals. This bias could influence the outcomes of biomedical research.
Maša Čater +12 more
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Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Intellectual disability (ID) equivalence describes conditions in which individuals function cognitively and adaptively at levels comparable to ID without meeting IQ‐based diagnostic criteria. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is characterised by impaired executive and adaptive functioning despite IQs often above the ID threshold ...
David J. Gilbert +7 more
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Structural and Functional Imaging of Motor Outcomes in Twins With Perinatal Stroke: A Case Report
Annals of the Child Neurology Society, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Perinatal arterial ischemic stroke (AIS) affects 1 in 4000 live births. Dystonia, affecting ~20% of children following AIS, is characterized by involuntary muscle contractions and abnormal movements. Why some develop dystonia post AIS, while others do not, remains unclear.
Prisca Hsu +8 more
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Prenatal stress-induced disruptions in microbial and host tryptophan metabolism and transport
, 2021 Jeffrey D. Galley +3 more
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