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The maternal-placental-fetal interface: Adaptations of the HPA axis and immune mediators following maternal stress and prenatal alcohol exposure
20 May 2022
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This review addresses underlying physiological, cellular, and molecular factors that alter the developing fetal brain stress circuits and responses of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis caused by maternal stress and prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE). An emphasis is placed on the contribution of the placenta following maternal stress separately, and as a co-occurrence with PAE. Altered fetal HPA axis...
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