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Does epigenetic ‘memory’ of early-life stress predispose to chronic pain in later life? A potential role for the stress regulator FKBP5
23 Sept 2019
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Animal behaviours are affected not only by inherited genes but also by environmental experiences. For example, in both rats and humans, stressful early-life events such as being reared by an inattentive mother can leave a lasting trace and affect later stress response in adult life. This is owing to a chemical trace left on the chromatin attributed to so-called epigenetic mechanisms. Such an epigenetic trace...
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