BDNF as a mediator of antidepressant response: recent advances and lifestyle interactions

S Cubillos, O Engmann, A Brancato - International journal of molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Conventional antidepressants are widely employed in several psychiatric and neurologic
disorders, yet the mechanisms underlying their delayed and partial therapeutic effects are …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetic mechanisms impacted by chronic stress across the rodent lifespan

A Dion, PT Muñoz, TB Franklin - Neurobiology of Stress, 2022 - Elsevier
Exposures to stress at all stages of development can lead to long-term behavioural effects,
in part through changes in the epigenome. This review describes rodent research …

Altered corticolimbic connectivity reveals sex-specific adolescent outcomes in a rat model of early life adversity

JA Honeycutt, C Demaestri, S Peterzell, MM Silveri… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Exposure to early-life adversity (ELA) increases the risk for psychopathologies associated
with amygdala-prefrontal cortex (PFC) circuits. While sex differences in vulnerability have …

Early-life social experience affects offspring DNA methylation and later life stress phenotype

ZM Laubach, JR Greenberg, JW Turner… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Studies in rodents and captive primates suggest that the early-life social environment affects
future phenotype, potentially through alterations to DNA methylation. Little is known of these …

Type of early life adversity confers differential, sex-dependent effects on early maturational milestones in mice

C Demaestri, T Pan, M Critz, D Ofray, M Gallo… - Hormones and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Early life adversity (ELA) increases risk for negative health outcomes, with sex disparities in
prevalence and form of ELA experienced and risk for neuropsychiatric pathology. ELA …

A legacy of fear: Physiological evidence for intergenerational effects of trauma exposure on fear and safety signal learning among African Americans

AF Stenson, SJH van Rooij, SE Carter, A Powers… - Behavioural brain …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective To determine the influence of maternal trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder
(PTSD) symptoms on children's physiological response to threat and safety signals during a …

Association of the labor migration of parents with nonsuicidal self-injury and suicidality among their offspring in China

Y Ma, H Guo, S Guo, T Jiao, C Zhao… - JAMA network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The labor migration of parents in China often leaves children behind, which may
be adversely associated with children's health. However, few studies have assessed the …

Genetic and epigenetic consequence of early-life social stress on depression: role of serotonin-associated genes

T Soga, CH Teo, I Parhar - Frontiers in genetics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Early-life adversity caused by poor social bonding and deprived maternal care is known to
affect mental wellbeing and physical health. It is a form of chronic social stress that persists …

Sex differences in affective dysfunction and alterations in parvalbumin in rodent models of early life adversity

SN Ellis, JA Honeycutt - Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The early life environment markedly influences brain and behavioral development, with
adverse experiences associated with increased risk of anxiety and depressive phenotypes …

Points of divergence on a bumpy road: early development of brain and immune threat processing systems following postnatal adversity

HC Brenhouse - Molecular psychiatry, 2023 - nature.com
Lifelong indices of maladaptive behavior or illness often stem from early physiological
aberrations during periods of dynamic development. This is especially true when …