NYU Langone Health: Animal Study Shows How Stress & Mother's Abuse Affect Infant Brain
October 21, 2019
October 21, 2019
NEW YORK, Oct. 21 -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, issued the following news release:
A new study in rats shows the extent of brain damage in newborn rodents from even short-term abuse by their mother.
Past studies in animals and humans have established how a mother's abuse can lead to brain shrinkage in her infants' amygdala and hippocampus, parts of the brain that process fear and memory, researchers say.
A new study in rats shows the extent of brain damage in newborn rodents from even short-term abuse by their mother.
Past studies in animals and humans have established how a mother's abuse can lead to brain shrinkage in her infants' amygdala and hippocampus, parts of the brain that process fear and memory, researchers say.