Linking prenatal maternal adversity to developmental outcomes in infants: The role of epigenetic pathways

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1361-1376

  Monk, Catherine ^a   Spicer, Julie ^a   Champagne, Frances A ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANXIETY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEPRESSION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84867505427     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579412000764     Document Type: Article

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