Developing Male Brain Exposed to Less Stress-Protective Prote
Submitted by Administrator on Fri, 04/05/2013 - 23:51
Why are rates of schizophrenia and autism higher in males? New evidence implicates an enzyme expressed in the placenta that helps protect the developing fetal brain from adverse effects of maternal stress early in pregnancy. NIMH grantee Tracy Bale, Ph.D., of the University of Pennsylvania discussed her research into how maternal stress might differentially affect the developing male brain during an interview at the 2011 Society for Neuroscience meeting.
