Perinatal programming of adult hippocampal structure and function; Emerging roles of stress, nutrition and epigenetics

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 621-631

  Lucassen, Paul J ^a   Naninck, Eva F G ^a   van Goudoever, Johannes B ^b,c   Fitzsimons, Carlos ^a   Joels, Marian ^d   Korosi, Aniko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Early life stress; Epigenetics; Hippocampus; Nutrients; Programming

Indexed keywords

STRESS HORMONE;

BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LACTATION; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL CARE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRITION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PERINATAL STRESS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; STRESS;

EARLY-LIFE STRESS; EPIGENETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NUTRIENTS; PROGRAMMING;

ANIMALS; DIET; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LACTATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84886947411     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2013.08.002     Document Type: Review

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