Biological Embedding of Early-Life Adversity and a Scoping Review of the Evidence for Intergenerational Epigenetic Transmission of Stress and Trauma in Humans

Severe or chronic stress and trauma can have a detrimental impact on health. Evidence suggests that early-life adversity can become biologically embedded and has the potential to influence health outcomes decades later. Epigenetics is one mechanism that has been implicated in these long-lasting effe...

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Main Authors: Aoshuang Zhou, Joanne Ryan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-08-01
Series:Genes
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/14/8/1639