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Dynamic DNA methylation programs persistent adverse effects of early-life stress.
Nature neuroscience - 1 Dec 2009
Murgatroyd Chris, Patchev Alexandre V, Wu Yonghe, Micale Vincenzo, Bockmühl Yvonne, Fischer Dieter, Holsboer Florian, Wotjak Carsten T, Almeida Osborne F X, Spengler Dietmar
Abstract excerpt
Adverse early life events can induce long-lasting changes in physiology and behavior. We found that early-life stress (ELS) in mice caused enduring hypersecretion of corticosterone and alterations in passive stress coping and memory. This phenotype was accompanied by a persistent increase in arginine vasopressin (AVP) expression in neurons of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus and was reversed by an AVP...
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