Lactation

Investigators at University of Bayreuth target lactation

Published in Women's Health Law Weekly, June 22nd, 2008

"The impact of daily social maternal stress on reproduction parameters was studied in F0 and F1 generation female Long-Evans rats. Chronic maternal stress was induced in pregnant females (170 females) by 2 h social confrontation with a dominant female throughout pregnancy," scientists writing in the journal Physiology & Behavior report.

"Social stress of F0 females was associated with lower maternal body mass investment in litters. While maternal stress did not cause a decline in the F0 female mass, it resulted in reduced litter sizes and lower litter masses. The individual body mass of offspring from stressed (= prenatally stressed offspring, PS) and control F0...

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Source: Women's Health Law Weekly (2008-06-22)

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