Kuipers, Mathijs (2018) Prenatal Stress and Psychopathology. Bachelor's Thesis, Biology.
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Abstract
Prenatal stress is associated with a wide variety of psychopathologies in later life such as ADHD, anxiety disorders, schizphrenia and autimsm. During pregnancy offspring is exposed to maternal signals that give information about the extra-uterine environment. When in a stressfull environment maternal glucorticoids reach the developing fetus and potentially alter its developmental track. Prenatal stress and glucorticoid exposure during pregnancy alter offspring HPA-functioning and brain morphology. These effects are mediated by epigenetic mechanisms. Many effects of PS can be put in an evolutionary perspective and give evidence for a predictive adaptive response to stress
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor's Thesis) |
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| Supervisor name: | Olivier, J.D.A. |
| Degree programme: | Biology |
| Thesis type: | Bachelor's Thesis |
| Language: | English |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jul 2018 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Jul 2018 12:18 |
| URI: | https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/18120 |
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