Methylation changes at<i>NR3C1</i>in newborns associate with maternal prenatal stress exposure and newborn birth weight

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Early life experiences, including those in utero, have been linked to increased risk for adult-onset chronic disease. The underlying assumption is that there is a critical period of developmental plasticity in utero when selection of the fetal phenotype that is best adapted to the intrauterine environment occurs. The current study is the first to test the idea that extreme maternal psychosocial stressors, as...

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