Sentences with phrase «placental hormones cause»

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Acetaminophen can cross the placental barrier, Ritz noted, and it is plausible that acetaminophen may interrupt fetal brain development by interfering with maternal hormones or through neurotoxicity, such as the induction of oxidative stress, which can cause the death of neurons.

«Either low B12 drives fat accumulation in the fetus, and this leads to increased leptin, or the low B12 actually causes chemical changes in the placental genes that produce leptin, making more of the hormone.

[12] The development of the placenta during pregnancy is partially responsible for the disregulation of the HPA axis; the hormones that cause placental development can increase the sensitivity of the pituitary to stress hormones.