Introduction: brain and placenta, birth and behavior, health and disease
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Michael L. Power1 and Jay Schulkin2 1 Department of Conservation Biology, Nutrition Laboratory, Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park, Washington, DC, USA; Department of Research, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists 2 Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University, School of Medicine; Clinical Neuroendocrinology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health; and Department of Research, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Washington DC, USA
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