Among people exposed to major psychological stressors in early life, there are elevated
rates of morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases of aging. The most compelling data …

The term epigenetics was first used to refer to the complex interactions between the genome
and the environment that are involved in development and differentiation in higher …

The human brain is a complex network. An important first step toward understanding the
function of such a network is to map its elements and connections, to create a …

From the moment of conception, we begin to age. A decay of cellular structures, gene
regulation, and DNA sequence ages cells and organisms. DNA methylation patterns change …

Investigations of long-term changes in brain structure and function that accompany chronic
exposure to drugs of abuse suggest that alterations in gene regulation contribute …

Periconceptional intake of folic acid is known to reduce a woman's risk of having an infant
affected by a neural tube birth defect (NTD). National programs to mandate fortification of …

Plasticity in developmental programming has evolved in order to provide the best chances of
survival and reproductive success to the organism under changing environments …

Despite the success of genome-wide association studies (GWASs) in identifying loci
associated with common diseases, a substantial proportion of the causality remains …

Natural immunity: Biodiversity loss and inflammatory diseases are two global megatrends that
might be related: EMBO reports: Vol 12, No 11 Skip to Article Content Skip to Article Information …

Though there are multiple routes through which parents can influence their offspring, recent
studies of environmentally induced epigenetic variation have highlighted the role of non …