Effects of low stress during pregnancy on certain parameters of the offspring.
In recent years the effect of intense stress applied during pregnancy has been studied. In this work, we exposed the mother to low immobilization stress throughout the entire pregnancy. This treatment that increased the sexual capacity in males had no detectable effects on the reproductive behavior of females. A positive role of this phenomenon in nature is suggested, as the offspring of stressed mothers would be more capable of facing difficult and selective environments.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012149:Restraint, Physical; D012737:Sex Factors; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D012741:Sexual Maturation; D013312:Stress, Physiological