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Baby boys are more sensitive to stress in the womb 子宫中的男婴对压力更敏感 May explain why maternal stress and disorders such as autism and schizophrenia are more common in boys 因受母体的压力和精神失常因素影响，所以，如自闭症和精神分裂症在男孩中较常见 A pregnant women can transmit the damaging effects of stress to her unborn child through the placenta, say researchers. 研究人员说，孕妇压力经胎盘对未出生婴儿有破坏性影响。 Scientists believe it could explain known links between maternal stress and disorders such as autism and schizophrenia, which are more common and serious in male offspring. 科学家认为因受母体的压力和精神失常这些因素影响，所以，如自闭症和精神分裂症在男孩中较常见较严重。 'Almost everything experienced by a woman during a pregnancy has to interact with the placenta in order to transmit to the foetus,' said lead researcher Dr Tracy Bale, from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine in the U.S. 几乎女性怀孕期间所经历的一切都会经胎盘传递给婴儿，美国宾夕法尼亚大学兽医学学院负责此项研究的特雷西·贝尔说。 'Now we have a marker that appears to signal to the foetus that its mother has experienced stress.' 现在我们研究发现胎儿的表现信号与母亲所经历的压力因素有关。 | 
