Carlos E. Blanco

TL;DR: The arterial chemoreceptors are active and responsive in the fetus, but quiescent in the lamb on the day of birth when Pa,O2 has risen, suggesting that the hypoxic sensitivity of the chemoreceptor range is reset from the fetal to the adult range over the next few days.

TL;DR: It is tested the hypothesis that oxidative stress in the fetal heart and vasculature underlies the molecular basis via which prenatal hypoxia programmes cardiovascular dysfunction in later life and possible targets for intervention against developmental origins of cardiac and peripheral vascular dysfunction in offspring of risky pregnancy.

TL;DR: The effects of prenatal stress on fetal growth, stress-induced corticosterone secretion, brain cell proliferation, caspase-3-like activity and brain-derived neurotrophic factor protein content in newborn Fischer 344 rats are studied.

TL;DR: Results show no significant association with either DHA or AA at birth and the cognitive performance at 7 y of age and the LCPUFA levels at 6’y were not associated with these outcomes either, consistent with the literature.

TL;DR: The data further support the idea that PS may perturb normal anxiety-related development and suggest that an adaptive or protective effect of PS should not be ignored.