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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Nugent BM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6028627 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20180702 1
Although sex biases in disease presentation are well documented, the mechanisms mediating vulnerability or resilience to diseases are unknown. In utero insults are more likely to produce detrimental health outcomes for males versus females. In our mouse model of prenatal stress, male offspring experience long-term dysregulation of body weight and hypothalamic pituitary adrenal stress axis dysfunction, endophenotypes of male-biased neurodevelopmental disorders. Placental function is critical for ...[more]