scholarly journals Maternal care affects male and female offspring working memory and stress reactivity

2007 ◽  
Vol 92 (5) ◽  
pp. 939-950 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cindy K. Barha ◽  
Jodi L. Pawluski ◽  
Liisa A.M. Galea
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Maternal Care ◽  
Stress Reactivity ◽  
Female Offspring ◽  
Male And Female

Verbal fluency in male and female schizophrenia patients: Different patterns of association with processing speed, working memory span, and clinical symptoms.

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gildas Brébion ◽  
Christian Stephan-Otto ◽  
Susana Ochoa ◽  
Lourdes Nieto ◽  
Montserrat Contel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Processing Speed ◽  
Verbal Fluency ◽  
Memory Span ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Male And Female

Placental treatment improves cardiac tolerance to ischemia/reperfusion insult in adult male and female offspring exposed to prenatal hypoxia

2021 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 105461
Author(s):  
Nataliia Hula ◽  
Floor Spaans ◽  
Jennie Vu ◽  
Anita Quon ◽  
Raven Kirschenman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adult Male ◽  
Ischemia Reperfusion ◽  
Female Offspring ◽  
Prenatal Hypoxia ◽  
Male And Female

Effects of urban noise variability on cognitive abilities in indoor spaces: Gender differences

2021 ◽  
pp. 095745652110307
Author(s):  
Massimiliano Masullo ◽  
Gennaro Ruggiero ◽  
Daniel Alvarez Fernandez ◽  
Tina Iachini ◽  
Luigi Maffei
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Verbal Memory ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Cognitive Domain ◽  
Cognitive Tasks ◽  
Indoor Environments ◽  
Urban Noise ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Open Window ◽  
Indoor Spaces

Previous evidence has shown that exposure to urban noise negatively influences some cognitive abilities (i.e. verbal fluency and delayed recall of prose memory) of people in indoor spaces. However, long-standing literature in the cognitive domain has reported that men and women can show different performance on cognitive tasks. Here, we aimed to investigate if and how different patterns of perceived urban noises in indoor environments could affect male and female participants’ cognitive abilities. Ambisonic sound recordings representing scenarios with varying noise patterns (low, medium and high variability) were acquired with an open window at three dwellings in a southern Italian city. As a control condition, the recordings were caught inside a quiet room. While exposed to theses four auditory conditions, participants had to perform cognitive tasks assessing free verbal memory recall, auditory–verbal recognition and working memory. The results show that male and female participants have a different tolerance to noise patterns. Women overperform men on verbal tasks, while the contrary effect emerges with men outperforming women on visuospatial working memory tasks.

PRE-MATERNAL ISOLATION EFFECTS ON BEHAVIOUR AND ENDOCRINE FUNCTION OF OFFSPRING

1969 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 367-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Sackler ◽  
A. S. Weltman ◽  
R. Schwartz ◽  
P. Steinglass
Keyword(s):  
Locomotor Activity ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Female Offspring ◽  
The Body ◽  
Endocrine Function ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Isolation Stress ◽  
Developmental Growth ◽  
Body Weights ◽  
And Control

ABSTRACT This report was designed to determine combined effects of maternal endocrine imbalances and abnormal behaviour due to prolonged isolation stress of female mice on the behaviour, developmental growth rate and endocrine function of their offspring. Sixty female albino mice averaging 19 g were divided equally into isolated and control groups. The isolated females were housed singly; control females were maintained in groups of 2 mice per cage. After observation of behavioural and physiological effects characteristic of isolation stress in the test mice, all isolated and control mice were mated after a 6½ month experimental, isolation period. No differences were observed in fertility and fecundity of the two groups of mothers. Analyses of developmental growth rates of the litters of the isolated versus control mothers showed significantly lower body weights in the test offspring at 3 and 4 weeks of age. The body weights of the female offspring remained significantly lower from the 4th to 11th weeks. The effects on the body weights of the male offspring declined and were no longer statistically significant at the 5th to 11 weeks. Locomotor activity at 4½ and 8 weeks of age was markedly or significantly higher in the male and female mice from isolated mothers. Tail-blood samples taken prior to autopsy at 5 and 11 weeks of age revealed significant decreases in the total leukocyte and eosinophil counts of both sexes. At the two ages, the absolute and relative spleen and thymus weights of the male and female offspring were markedly and/or significantly lower than the values observed in counterpart young from control females. Significant decreases were also observed in the absolute gonadal organ weights of both sexes at 11 weeks of age. The various data indicated inhibited growth rates, heightened locomotor activity and evasiveness, as well as evidence of increased adrenocortical function in the offspring from test mothers. The gonadal weight decreases suggested retarded gonadal development. Further studies using split-litter techniques are required to differentiate the effects of prenatal endocrine imbalances versus postnatal maternal influence (i. e., nursing care) on the offspring.

Effects of Maternal Hyperglycemia Associated with Snack Intake on Male and Female Offspring High-Fat Diet Preference on Infancy

Metabolism ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 116 ◽  
pp. 154635
Author(s):  
Gustavo Venâncio da Silva ◽  
Marina Galleazzo Martins ◽  
Giovana Pereira de Oliveira ◽  
Alessandra Gonçalves Cruz ◽  
Larissa Pereira Rodrigues ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Fat Diet ◽  
Female Offspring ◽  
High Fat ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Maternal Hyperglycemia ◽  
Diet Preference

Modulation by antenatal therapies of cardiovascular and renal programming in male and female offspring of preeclamptic rats

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasser H. Habib ◽  
Mennatallah A. Gowayed ◽  
Sherien A. Abdelhady ◽  
Nevine M. El-Deeb ◽  
Inas E. Darwish ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Female Offspring ◽  
Male And Female
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