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Associations Between Maternal Lifetime Stress and Placental Mitochondrial DNA Mutations in an Urban Multiethnic Cohort.
Biological psychiatry - 15 Mar 2021
Brunst Kelly J, Zhang Li, Zhang Xiang, Baccarelli Andrea A, Bloomquist Tessa, Wright Rosalind J
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BACKGROUND: Disrupted placental functioning due to stress can have lifelong implications. Cumulative stress and trauma are likely to have lasting impacts on maternal physiological functioning and offspring development, resulting in increased risk for later-life complex disorders for which racial disparities exist. METHODS: This study examined the association between maternal lifetime stress and placental...
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