Epigenetics of Early Child Development
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Epigenetics of Early Child Development
Comprehensive clinical studies show that adverse conditions in early life can severely impact the developing brain and increase vulnerability to mood disorders later in life. During early postnatal life the brain exhibits high plasticity which allows environmental signals to alter the trajectories of rapidly developing circuits. Adversity in early life is able to shape the experience-dependent ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Psychiatry
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1664-0640
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2011.00016