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New Insights into Prenatal Stress: Immediate and Long-Term Effects on the Fetus and Their Timing

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A burgeoning literature emphasizes the importance of the in-utero environment on a range of fetal, neonatal, infant and adult health-related outcomes. This period of prenatal development, characterized by rapid growth and development, is a time of increased vulnerability, when intrauterine insults can have deleterious effects on emerging systems and structures. One important factor which affects the in-utero environment is maternal stress.

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  1. Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Imperial College London, London, UK

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O’Donnell, K., Glover, V. (2008). New Insights into Prenatal Stress: Immediate and Long-Term Effects on the Fetus and Their Timing. In: Buonocore, G., Bellieni, C.V. (eds) Neonatal Pain. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0732-1_8

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