Prenatal maternal vaginal inflammation increases anxiety and alters HPA axis signalling in adult male mice.

CONCLUSION: This study suggests that prenatal vaginal infection increases anxiety-like behaviour in male offspring, possibly via activation of the HPA axis. PMID: 30954504 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30954504?dopt=Abstract

Source: International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience - April 3, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Wang HL, Pei DE, Yang RD, Wan CL, Ye YM, Peng SS, Zeng QQ, Yan Y Tags: Int J Dev Neurosci Source Type: research