The study, published in Molecular Psychiatry, focused on perceived prenatal stress (PPS)—the mother's own sense of psychological stress during pregnancy—and discovered that it can reprogram key ...

Experts believe mothers who report high stress levels during pregnancy are more likely to have babies who will suffer neurodevelopmental and psychiatric conditions in later life. A team at the Hebrew ...

Adolescence heightens reward sensitivity, driving exploration and risk-taking. Early-life stress and habits affect brain ...

A new study has uncovered how stress experienced by mothers during pregnancy leaves a molecular imprint on their babies—starting before birth. The research shows that prenatal stress alters the ...

Prenatal Maternal Stressors Linked to Higher Blood Pressure During First Year After Birth, Study Shows Mar. 4, 2025 — Psychosocial stress during pregnancy could lead to higher blood pressure ...

This opens the door to new diagnostic tools for detecting prenatal stress effects and possibly even early interventions. "This study provides a powerful glimpse into how the maternal environment ...

examined RNA molecules in newborns’ blood and the brain’s stress-regulating enzymes. The study describes how a stressful prenatal environment reprograms molecular pathways in a baby’s body ...