Methylation changes at NR3C1 in newborns associate with maternal prenatal stress exposure and newborn birth weight

Epigenetics

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 853-857

  Mulligan, Connie J ^a,b   D'Errico, Nicole C ^a   Stees, Jared ^b   Hughes, David A ^a,b  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental origins of health and disease; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Maternal stress

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ADULT ONSET STILL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MATERNAL STRESS; NEWBORN; NR3C1 GENE; PLASTICITY; PRENATAL STRESS; RISK; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 84864723143     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.21180     Document Type: Article

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