Prenatal programing: At the intersection of maternal stress and immune activation

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 237-242

  Howerton, Christopher L ^a   Bale, Tracy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetic; Fetal programing; Glucocorticoids; Immune activation; Maternal stress; Neurodevelopment; Placenta; Sex

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 2; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; MATERNAL STRESS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84866748316     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.03.007     Document Type: Review

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