The impact of stress on brain health begins in the womb. Both animal and human studies
have found that prenatal maternal stress affects the brain and behavior of the offspring …

Adverse environmental exposures in utero and early childhood are known to programme
long-term health. Climate change, by contributing to severe heatwaves, wildfires, and other …

A lo largo de la vida, se experimenta estrés físico y mental de muchas formas y debido a
gran variedad de circunstancias. Sin embargo, falta mucho por conocer en relación a la …

Introduction: The amygdala is a brain structure involved in emotional regulation. Studies
have shown that larger amygdala volumes are associated with behavioral disorders …

The interplay of genes and environments (GxE) is a fundamental source of variation in
behavioral and developmental outcomes. Although the role of developmental time (T) in the …

STUDY QUESTION Is there an association between prenatal exposure to stressful life
events and age at menarche, and does childhood BMI mediate this association? SUMMARY …

Background: Parental educational attainment is shown to be protective against health
problems; the Minorities' Diminished Returns theory, however, posits that these protective …

Many types of stress experienced by women during pregnancy increase the likelihood of the
offspring experiencing a range of altered outcomes in later life. These include an increase in …

Background: Stress experienced by mothers during pregnancy can have both immediate
and long-term effects on child development, potentially mediated by breastfeeding. Aim …

Objective To investigate whether maternal stress in pregnancy is associated with pubertal
timing in girls and boys and to explore potential mediation by childhood body mass index …