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Maternal Stress Induces Epigenetic Signatures of Psychiatric and Neurological Diseases in the Offspring
22 Feb 2013
Abstract excerpt
The gestational state is a period of particular vulnerability to diseases that affect maternal and fetal health. Stress during gestation may represent a powerful influence on maternal mental health and offspring brain plasticity and development. Here we show that the fetal transcriptome, through microRNA (miRNA) regulation, responds to prenatal stress in association with epigenetic signatures of psychiatric and...
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