Maternal and infant NR3C1 and SLC6A4 epigenetic signatures of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown: when timing matters
Abstract Stress exposure during pregnancy is critically linked with maternal mental health and child development. The effects might involve altered patterns of DNA methylation in specific stress-related genes (i.e., glucocorticoid receptor gene, NR3C1, and serotonin transporter gene, SLC6A4) and mig...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2022-09-01
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Series: | Translational Psychiatry |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-022-02160-0 |