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Scientists find strategy to protect developing brain from prenatal stress
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 29 (ANI): New research from the University of Iowa and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center demonstrates that offspring can be protected from the effects of prenatal stress by administering a neuroprotective compound during pregnancy.
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Leopardess gives birth to 4 cubs, takes them to jungle
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Nashik (Maharashtra) [India], September 2 (ANI): After giving birth to four cubs in a hut in a village in Nashik, a leopardess carried each of her new offspring to the jungle one by one.
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Study reveals exposure to 'good bacteria' during pregnancy buffers risk of
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 27 (ANI): Giving beneficial bacteria to stressed mothers during the equivalent of the third trimester of pregnancy prevents an autism-like disorder in their offspring, according to a new animal study by researchers.
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Study analyses risks of maternal infections, neurodevelopmental disorders
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 10 (ANI): With the help of a mouse model, researchers have found that the immune responses in a female before pregnancy can help predict how her offsprings are to have behavioural deficits if the immune system is activated during pregnancy.
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Study finds new insight on maternal infections, neurodevelopmental disorde
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], May 5 (ANI): Researchers have found that the immune responses of a female mouse before pregnancy can predict how likely her offspring are to have behavioural deficits if the immune system is activated during pregnancy. The study results could help resolve what role seri
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Cellular stress causes obese mothers to have obese babies: Study
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 16 (ANI): In a recent study, researchers have found the mechanism that causes maternal obesity and its risk of metabolic perturbations in their offspring. They say that the key step in the process is the triggering of stress in a complex membrane system within all
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COVID-19 not transmitted from pregnant mothers to offsprings: Study
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Wuhan [China], Mar 16 (ANI): Amid the spurt in cases of novel coronavirus in different parts of the world, a new study which suggests that the contagious virus does not transmit from pregnant mothers to newborns seems to be bringing some sigh of relief.
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Low-calorie sweetener use by mothers leads to fatter offsprings: Study
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 30 (ANI): The use of low calorie artificial or natural sweeteners by pregnant mothers leads to higher body fat levels in their offsprings, as revealed by a recent study.
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Scientists find missing protein in brain causes behaviours mirroring autis
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 10 (ANI): Scientists have discovered that when an essential key protein needed to generate novel brain cells during pregnancy and early childhood days of the offspring is missing, which makes the brain goes haywire. This particular deprivation causes an imbalance i
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Children of parents with depression at higher risk of structural differenc
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 7 (ANI): Generally, children receive traits from their parents. A new study has found that parents suffering from depression transfer the condition to offspring as structural differences in brains.
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'Baby boys born to older mothers likely to develop heart problems later'
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Nov 28 (ANI): Women who get pregnant in old age generally suffer changes in the placenta, which in turn, means that baby boy being born to such mothers are more likely to develop heart problems later in life, a new study has found.
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Study reveals special occasion drinking during pregnancy is harmful
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Oct 26 (ANI): Researchers claim that even one or two shots of alcohol on special occasions during pregnancy is harmful.
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