Prenatal stress, fearfulness, and the epigenome: Exploratory analysis of sex differences in DNA methylation of the glucocorticoid receptor gene.

Exposure to stress in utero is a risk factor for the development of problem behavior in the offspring, though precise pathways are unknown. We examined whether DNA methylation of the glucocorticoid receptor gene, NR3C1, was associated with experiences of stress by an expectant mother and fearfulness...

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الحاوية / القاعدة:	Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
المؤلفون الرئيسيون:	Brendan Dale Ostlund, Elisabeth Conradt, Sheila E. Crowell, Audrey R. Tyrka, Carmen J. Marsit, Barry M. Lester
التنسيق:	مقال
اللغة:	الإنجليزية
منشور في:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-07-01
الموضوعات:	DNA Methylation prenatal stress sex differences temperament. Fearfulness Glucocorticoid receptor gene
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00147/full