Article
Maternal depression and child behaviours: sex-dependent mediation by glucocorticoid receptor gene methylation in a longitudinal study from pregnancy to age 5 years
2017-09-21
Abstract excerpt
<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> <h4>Background</h4> Evolutionary hypotheses predict that male fetuses are more vulnerable to poor maternal conditions than females (Sex-biased Maternal Investment), but that the adaptive female fetus, with a more responsive hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, is put at later risk of glucocorticoid mediated disorders where there is a mismatch between fetal and postnatal environments (Pred...
Topics
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- Birth, Development, and Health
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Family Support in Illness
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
Identifiers and source
- Literature Corpus work
- 66dd8b55-12f3-5117-a1a8-208814d819eb
- DOI
- 10.1101/187351
