Decreased levels of allopregnanolone (ALLO) in the placenta can result in autistic-like behavior in male children. The reduction in the levels of the placental hormones triggered abnormalities in the cerebellum and changes in myelin sheaths.
Microplastic fragments were found in the human placenta in the fetal, maternal, and amniochorial membranes.
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Placental oxygen transport from mother to the baby could answer the question, why one twin is smaller than the other.