Reproduction Abstracts

It is widely accepted in the literature that the exposure to stress during early stages of development could have permanent and severe effect in the developing organism. We studied the effect of maternal sympathetic stress to pregnant rats, and studied the permanent effects in follicular development of the ovary of the progeny.Methods: Pregnant Sprague – Dawley rats were cold stressed (4 °C 3 h/day) during all pregnancy. Control group was maint...