Article
Incorporating epigenetic mechanisms to advance fetal programming theories.
Development and psychopathology - 1 Aug 2018
Conradt Elisabeth, Adkins Daniel E, Crowell Sheila E, Raby K Lee, Diamond Lisa M, Ellis Bruce
Abstract excerpt
Decades of fetal programming research indicates that we may be able to map the origins of many physical, psychological, and medical variations and morbidities before the birth of the child. While great strides have been made in identifying associations between prenatal insults, such as undernutrition or psychosocial stress, and negative developmental outcomes, far less is known about how adaptive responses to...
Topics
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Epigenesis, Genetic
- Female
- Fetal Development
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Male
- Models, Genetic
