Programming of the stress response: a fundamental mechanism underlying the long‐term effects of the fetal environment?

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There is a large body of evidence which suggests that an adverse fetal environment results in a heightened biobehavioral response to stress, with increased activity of the classical mediators of the stress response, including the hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal axis and autonomic nervous system. Although this has been amply demonstrated in animal experiments, several recent studies suggest that the same processes...

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