Intrauterine exposure to maternal stress alters Bdnf IV DNA methylation and telomere length in the brain of adult rat offspring

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 62, Issue , 2017, Pages 56-62

  Blaze, Jennifer ^a,d   Asok, Arun ^a,e   Borrelli, Kristyn ^a   Tulbert, Christina ^b   Bollinger, Justin ^b,f   Ronca, April E ^b,c   Roth, Tania L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Maternal stress; Prenatal stress; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; TELOMERASE; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR, HUMAN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BDNF IV GENE; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GESTATION PERIOD; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; MATERNAL STRESS; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; TELOMERE LENGTH; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX FACTOR; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 85016421369     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: 1873474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2017.03.007     Document Type: Article

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