Prenatal exposure to maternal depression, neonatal methylation of human glucocorticoid receptor gene (NR3C1) and infant cortisol stress responses

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Authors

Tim F. Oberlander · University of British Columbia

Joanne Weinberg

Abstract

Methylation status of the human NR3C1 gene in newborns is sensitive to prenatal maternal mood and may offer a potential epigenetic process that links antenatal maternal mood and altered HPA stress reactivity during infancy.

Topics & Keywords

Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Birth, Development, and Health Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Epigenetics

Volume 3, Issue 2, pp. 97-106

DOI: 10.4161/epi.3.2.6034

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