EDC-2: the Endocrine Society's second scientific statement on endocrine-disrupting chemicals

AC Gore, VA Chappell, SE Fenton, JA Flaws… - Endocrine …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Endocrine Society's first Scientific Statement in 2009 provided a wake-up call to
the scientific community about how environmental endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) …

[HTML][HTML] Self-soothing behaviors with particular reference to oxytocin release induced by non-noxious sensory stimulation

K Uvnäs-Moberg, L Handlin - Frontiers in psychology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Oxytocin, a hypothalamic nonapeptide, is linked to increased levels of social interaction, well-
being and anti-stress effects. The effects of oxytocin that is released by sensory stimulation …

Why and how does early adversity influence development? Toward an integrated model of dimensions of environmental experience

BJ Ellis, MA Sheridan, J Belsky… - Development and …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Two extant frameworks–the harshness-unpredictability model and the threat-deprivation
model–attempt to explain which dimensions of adversity have distinct influences on …

What is resilience: an affiliative neuroscience approach

R Feldman - World psychiatry, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Resilience–a key topic in clinical science and practice–still lacks a clear conceptualization
that integrates its evolutionary and human‐specific features, refrains from exclusive focus on …

The adaptive calibration model of stress responsivity

M Del Giudice, BJ Ellis, EA Shirtcliff - Neuroscience & biobehavioral reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper presents the Adaptive Calibration Model (ACM), an evolutionary–developmental
theory of individual differences in the functioning of the stress response system. The stress …

Epigenetic transmission of the impact of early stress across generations

TB Franklin, H Russig, IC Weiss, J Gräff, N Linder… - Biological …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Traumatic experiences in early life are risk factors for the development of
behavioral and emotional disorders. Such disorders can persist through adulthood and have …

Stress and the reproductive axis

D Toufexis, MA Rivarola, H Lara… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
There exists a reciprocal relationship between the hypothalamic‐pituitary‐adrenal (HPA)
and the hypothalamic‐pituitary‐gonadal (HPG) axes, wherein the activation of one affects …

Oxytocin: the great facilitator of life

HJ Lee, AH Macbeth, JH Pagani, WS Young 3rd - Progress in neurobiology, 2009 - Elsevier
Oxytocin (Oxt) is a nonapeptide hormone best known for its role in lactation and parturition.
Since 1906 when its uterine-contracting properties were described until 50 years later when …

Two-step epigenetic Mendelian randomization: a strategy for establishing the causal role of epigenetic processes in pathways to disease

CL Relton, G Davey Smith - International journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The burgeoning interest in the field of epigenetics has precipitated the need to develop
approaches to strengthen causal inference when considering the role of epigenetic …

Sensitive periods in human social development: New insights from research on oxytocin, synchrony, and high-risk parenting

R Feldman - Development and psychopathology, 2015 - cambridge.org
Sensitive periods (SP) in behavioral development appeared in the biological sciences
during the first decade of the 20th century, and research in animal models beginning in the …