Prenatal stress and epigenetics

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 117, Issue , 2020, Pages 198-210

  Cao Lei, L ^a   de Rooij, S R ^b   King, S ^a   Matthews, S G ^c   Metz, G A S ^d   Roseboom, T J ^b   Szyf, M ^e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; DOHaD; Epigenetics; Prenatal stress

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

11BETA HSD2 GENE; ANXIETY; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CLINICAL OUTCOME; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DEVELOPMENTAL ORIGINS OF HEALTH AND DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; EPIGENOME; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FKBP5 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUNGER; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IGF2 GENE; IMMUNITY; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEG3 GENE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; NATURAL DISASTER; NONHUMAN; NR3C1 GENE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PLAGL1 GENE; POSTNATAL DEPRESSION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLC6A4 GENE; TIME FACTOR; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 85020462270     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.05.016     Document Type: Review

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