Pandemic stress in pregnant mothers may affect anxiety regions of babies’ brains

https://innovationdistrict.childrensnational.org/pandemic-stress-in-pregnant-mothers-may-affect-anxiety-regions-of-babies-brains/ A critical part of the brain linked to risks for anxiety later in life – the left amygdala – was significantly smaller by volume in babies of mothers who reported stress during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new manuscript published in JAMA Network Open.