Prenatal Relocation Stress Enhances Resilience Under Challenge in Infant Rhesus Macaques.

ABSTRACT: The prenatal period is a developmental stage of peak sensitivity, during which environmental exposures can program post-natal developmental outcomes. Prenatal stress, in particular, has often been associated with detrimental neurobehavioral outcomes like mood and anxiety disorders. In the present study, we examined the effects of a stressful prenatal maternal experience (maternal relocation during pregnancy) on the post-partum development of offspring in rhesus macaques. To help isolate the effects of prenatal stress from genetic predispositions and post-natal experience, we compared biologically reared infants (infants raised with their biological mothers) with cross-fostered infants (those raised by non-related females in new social groups). We examined the effects of prenatal relocation

SUBMITTER: Ceniceros LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8039121 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature