Programming of stress-related behavior and epigenetic neural gene regulation in mice offspring through maternal exposure to predator odor

S St-Cyr, PO McGowan - Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Perinatal stress mediated through the mother can lead to long-term alterations in stress-
related phenotypes in offspring. The capacity for adaptation to adversity in early life depends …

Maternal programming of sex-specific responses to predator odor stress in adult rats

S St-Cyr, S Abuaish, S Sivanathan… - Hormones and behavior, 2017 - Elsevier
Prenatal stress mediated through the mother can lead to long-term adaptations in stress-
related phenotypes in offspring. This study tested the long-lasting effect of prenatal exposure …

Predation threat exerts specific effects on rat maternal behaviour and anxiety-related behaviour of male and female offspring

R Mashoodh, CJ Sinal, TS Perrot-Sinal - Physiology & behavior, 2009 - Elsevier
Differences in the rate of maternal behaviours received by rodent offspring are associated
with differential programming of molecular and behavioural components of anxiety and …

Plasticity in the olfactory bulb of the maternal mouse is prevented by gestational stress

L Belnoue, S Malvaut, E Ladevèze, DN Abrous… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Maternal stress is associated with an altered mother-infant relationship that endangers
offspring development, leading to emotional/behavioral problems. However, little research …

“Green odor” inhalation by stressed rat dams reduces behavioral and neuroendocrine signs of prenatal stress in the offspring

S Fujita, S Ueki, M Miyoshi, T Watanabe - Hormones and Behavior, 2010 - Elsevier
Chronic maternal stress during pregnancy results in the “prenatally stressed” offspring
displaying behavioral and neuroendocrine alterations that persist into adulthood. We …

Prenatal bystander stress alters brain, behavior, and the epigenome of developing rat offspring

R Mychasiuk, N Schmold, S Ilnytskyy… - Developmental …, 2011 - karger.com
The prenatal environment, including prenatal stress, has been extensively studied in
laboratory animals and humans. However, studies of the prenatal environment usually …

Epigenetic influence of stress and the social environment

K Gudsnuk, FA Champagne - ILAR journal, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Animal models of early-life stress and variation in social experience across the lifespan have
contributed significantly to our understanding of the environmental regulation of the …

Reversing behavioral, neuroanatomical, and germline influences of intergenerational stress

HS Aoued, S Sannigrahi, N Doshi, FG Morrison… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Stressors affect populations exposed to them as well as offspring. Strategies
preventing the intergenerational propagation of effects of stress would benefit public health …

Maternal stress during pregnancy induces depressive-like behavior only in female offspring and correlates to their hippocampal Avp and Oxt receptor expression

M Schmidt, K Braun, C Brandwein, AC Rossetti… - Behavioural Brain …, 2018 - Elsevier
The majority of studies examining the consequences of prenatal stress in rodent models
analyze pups having been raised by their biological mother, ie the female which …

Epigenetic programming by early-life stress

RAS Alyamani, C Murgatroyd - Progress in Molecular Biology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Studies show that adverse conditions during early life can increase risks of developing
mood disorders later in life. It is currently hypothesized that levels of environmental adversity …