Maternal Sensitivity Buffers the Association between SLC6A4 Methylation and Socio-Emotional Stress Response in 3-Month-Old Full Term, but not very Preterm Infants

BackgroundVery preterm (VPT) infants are hospitalized in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) and are exposed to life-saving procedures eliciting pain-related stress. Recent research documented that pain-related stress might result in birth-to-discharge increased methylation of serotonin transporte...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Psychiatry
Main Authors:	Livio Provenzi, Monica Fumagalli, Roberto Giorda, Francesco Morandi, Ida Sirgiovanni, Uberto Pozzoli, Fabio Mosca, Renato Borgatti, Rosario Montirosso
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-09-01
Subjects:	DNA methylation maternal sensitivity negative emotionality next generation sequencing serotonin transporter gene SLC6A4
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00171/full