A new study maps how prenatal stress alters immune signalling in the developing brain at a level of detail not seen before ...

The development of a child begins during pregnancy, when prenatal environmental factors and genetic influences interact to ...

A new study finds that when pregnant people get COVID, their male children have a greater risk of subtle neurodevelopmental effects. The country's tally of COVID-19 cases includes more than 200,000 ...

Many factors, including genetics, stress, and environmental exposure, can shape pregnancy and fetal development. Physicians who care for pregnant patients and their babies before and after birth work ...

In a recent review published in Experimental Neurology, researchers presented the effects of simultaneous alcohol and cannabinoid (SAC) usage during gestation on fetal brain development. In rats and ...

Fetal exposure to excess glucocorticoids (GCs) may be a critical link between an adverse fetal environment and programming of CV disease and hypertension. Experimental studies demonstrate that excess ...