Infants of mothers depressed during pregnancy have higher secretion of stress hormones, reduced muscle strength and find other vices neurological differences, a new study.

“Two possibilities are that [the children] are more sensitive to stress and respond more or less able, their response to stress, stop” lead researcher Dr. Delia M. Vazquez, a professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at the University of Michigan Medical School, said in a press release from the school.

She and her colleagues examined the association between depression in pregnant women and children development system Neweroandokarineime “, the stress response in the body, controls, mood and emotions.

The study included 154 pregnant women, 20, whose depressive symptoms were measured at 28 weeks, 32 and 37 of pregnancy and again when they give birth. Cord blood samples were taken at birth to measure stress. In two weeks the children tested their ability to neurological responses to stimuli and stress to assess motor.

The results appear online in print the next issue of the child’s behavior and development.

“It’s hard to say whether these differences (in children of mothers with depression) are good or bad, or what impact it can have a longer period,” writes Dr. Sheila Marcus, clinical director of UM’s Department of Children and Adolescent Psychiatry, said in a statement.

“We’re starting to see those differences as part of a series of data points, the indicators of danger,” he added. “This in turn, to identify women who need treatment during pregnancy or the mother-child pairs who could benefit from post-natal programs, the healthy development of the child support parent / child relationship.”

One in five women experience depression during pregnancy and postpartum depression is a common complication, according to background research. The researchers asked the pregnant women show signs of depression, contact addresses.