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A mother's stress can spread to her baby in the womb and may cause a lasting effect, German researchers propose, BBC reports.

They have seen that a receptor for stress hormones appears to undergo a biological change in the unborn child if the mother is highly stressed, for example, because of a violent partner. And this change may leave the child less able to handle stress themselves.

Thomas Elbert, one of the lead researchers at the University of Konstanz, said: "It would appear that babies who get signals from their mum that they are being born into a dangerous world are faster responders. They have a lower threshold for stress and seem to be more sensitive to it."

It has already been linked to mental illness and behavioral problems.

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母親的壓力會(huì)傳給胎兒

???????母親的壓力會(huì)傳給還在子宮中的胎兒，并對(duì)其產(chǎn)生長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)的影響。

???????據(jù)英國(guó)廣播公司報(bào)道，德國(guó)研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，如果母親因伴侶施暴等原因而承受較大的壓力，胎兒的應(yīng)激激素受體就會(huì)產(chǎn)生生物性變化，從而導(dǎo)致其抗壓能力減弱。

???????康斯坦茨大學(xué)的托馬斯·埃爾伯特教授是該研究的帶頭人之一。他說(shuō)：“從母親那里得到他們將要來(lái)到一個(gè)危險(xiǎn)世界的暗示后，胎兒長(zhǎng)大后的應(yīng)激反應(yīng)就會(huì)很快。他們很容易感受到壓力，對(duì)壓力異常敏感?！?/p>

???????目前，該發(fā)現(xiàn)已被用來(lái)研究精神疾病和行為問(wèn)題。

(China.org.cn July 21, 2011)