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Parental life events cause behavioral difference among offspring: Adult pre-gestational restraint stress reduces anxiety across generations.
Scientific reports - 21 Dec 2016
He Nan, Kong Qiao-Qiao, Wang Jun-Zuo, Ning Shu-Fen, Miao Yi-Long, Yuan Hong-Jie, Gong Shuai, Cui Xiang-Zhong, Li Chuan-Yong, Tan Jing-He
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While effects of gestational, neonatal or adolescent stress on psychological alterations in progeny have been extensively studied, much less is known regarding the effects of adult pre-gestational life events on offspring behavior. Although full siblings often display behavioral differences, whether the different parental life events prior to different pregnancies contribute to these behavioral differences among...
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