Prospective association between maternal allostatic load during pregnancy and child mitochondrial content and bioenergetic capacity

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BACKGROUND: Mitochondria are multifunctional energy-producing and signaling organelles that support life and contribute to stress adaptation. There is a growing understanding of the dynamic relationship between stress exposure and mitochondrial biology; however, the influence of stress on key domains of mitochondrial biology during early-life, particularly the earliest phases of intra-uterine/prenatal period...

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