Video » Male Vulnerability to Maternal Stress Linked to Placental Enzyme

Why are rates of schizophrenia and autism higher in males? NIMH grantee Tracy Bale, Ph.D., of the University of Pennsylvania, discussed her line of research into how maternal stress might differentially affect the developing male brain during an interview at the 2011 Society for Neuroscience meeting. (Source: National Institute of Mental Health)

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