Child mortality, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity and cellular aging in mothers.

Child mortality, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity and cellular aging in mothers.

Psychological challenges, including traumatic events, have been hypothesized to increase the age-related pace of biological aging. Here we test the hypothesis that psychological challenges can affect the pace of telomere attrition, a marker of cellular aging, using data from an ongoing longitudinal-...

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Main Authors: Cindy K Barha, Katrina G Salvante, Courtney W Hanna, Samantha L Wilson, Wendy P Robinson, Rachel M Altman, Pablo A Nepomnaschy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5444612?pdf=render

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