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illustrates our hypothesis that there are sex-specific responses to prenatal stress that may contribute to sex differences in risk for developmental disorders. In humans, fetal sex has been associated with differences in maternal stress physiology, placental physiology, and fetal growth and development. These processes may affect the consequences of gestational stress exposure, and contribute to sex differences in susceptibility to mental disease
