[HTML][HTML] Prenatal stressors in rodents: Effects on behavior

M Weinstock - Neurobiology of stress, 2017 - Elsevier
The current review focuses on studies in rodents published since 2008 and explores
possible reasons for any differences they report in the effects of gestational stress on various …

Prenatal stress and epigenetics

L Cao-Lei, SR De Rooij, S King, SG Matthews… - Neuroscience & …, 2020 - Elsevier
In utero exposure to environmental stress in both animals and humans could result in long-
term epigenome alterations which further lead to consequences for adaptation and …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetic programming by stress and glucocorticoids along the human lifespan

AS Zannas, GP Chrousos - Molecular psychiatry, 2017 - nature.com
Psychosocial stress triggers a set of behavioral, neural, hormonal, and molecular responses
that can be a driving force for survival when adaptive and time-limited, but may also …

A comprehensive approach to modeling maternal immune activation in rodents

MC Bucknor, A Gururajan, RC Dale… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Prenatal brain development is a highly orchestrated process, making it a very vulnerable
window to perturbations. Maternal stress and subsequent inflammation during pregnancy …

Anxiety and epigenetics

AA Bartlett, R Singh, RG Hunter - Neuroepigenomics in Aging and Disease, 2017 - Springer
Anxiety disorders are highly prevalent psychiatric disorders often comorbid with depression
and substance abuse. Twin studies have shown that anxiety disorders are moderately …

The role of MeCP2 in regulating synaptic plasticity in the context of stress and depression

CL Sánchez-Lafuente, LE Kalynchuk, HJ Caruncho… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 (MeCP2) is a transcriptional regulator that is highly abundant
in the brain. It binds to methylated genomic DNA to regulate a range of physiological …

Investigating the impact of severe maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection on infant DNA methylation and neurodevelopment

RA Hill, A Gibbons, W Suwakulsiri, A Taseska… - Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
Maternal infections during pregnancy can increase the risk to offspring of developing a
neurodevelopmental disorder. Given the global prevalence and severity of infection with …

Mild prenatal stress causes emotional and brain structural modifications in rats of both sexes

C Soares-Cunha, B Coimbra, S Borges… - Frontiers in behavioral …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Stress or high levels of glucocorticoids (GCs) during developmental periods is known to
induce persistent effects in the neuroendocrine circuits that control stress response, which …

Epigenome-wide association study of depression symptomatology in elderly monozygotic twins

A Starnawska, Q Tan, M Soerensen, M McGue… - Translational …, 2019 - nature.com
Depression is a severe and debilitating mental disorder diagnosed by evaluation of
affective, cognitive and physical depression symptoms. Severity of these symptoms strongly …

Cognitive dysfunction in major depressive disorder. A translational review in animal models of the disease

F Darcet, AM Gardier, R Gaillard, DJ David… - Pharmaceuticals, 2016 - mdpi.com
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is the most common psychiatric disease, affecting millions
of people worldwide. In addition to the well-defined depressive symptoms, patients suffering …