Combined Prenatal Environmental Stressors Induce Suprachiasmatic Degeneration with Unexpected Behavioural Resilience in Long-Evans Rats.
INTRODUCTION Environmental heat stress and displacement adversity during pregnancy pose significant risks to neurodevelopment, particularly in regions with high maternal mortality and population displacement. The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), the brain's master circadian pacemaker, is vulnerable to prenatal environmen...