Sex differences in prenatal epigenetic programing of stress pathways

Stress

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 348-356

  Bale, Tracy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; masculinization; neurodevelopmental disorders; placenta; prenatal stress; sex differences

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; HUMAN; MATERNAL STRESS; MENTAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENES, SRY; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79958835042     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2011.586447     Document Type: Review

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