Tag: Babies exposed to their mother’s stress hormone in the womb could be more likely to develop depression

Babies exposed to their mother’s stress hormone in the womb could be more likely to develop depression

Some people may be more likely to develop  anxiety and depression because their mothers lacked a natural barrier to protect  them from stress while they were in the womb. Scientists have discovered an enzyme present  in the womb and in babies’ brains that appears to protect them from high levels  of their mother’s stress hormone, […]