Maternal rotating night shift work before pregnancy and offspring stress markers

ConclusionOur results provide some – albeit modest - evidence that maternal rotating night shift work—a moderate stressor—influences offspring stress markers. Future studies with larger samples sizes, more detailed exposure assessment (particularly during maternal pregnancy), and multiple offspring biomarker assessments at different developmental stages are needed to further investigate these associations.
Source: Physiology and Behavior - Category: Physiology Source Type: research