The possibility that parental life experiences and environmental exposures influence mental
and physical health across generations is an important concept in biology and medicine …

Abstract Purpose of Review This review aims to outline some consequences that maternal
history of trauma with and without related psychopathology, such as posttraumatic stress …

Understanding of the effects of in utero opioid exposure on neurodevelopment is a priority
given the recent dramatic increase in opioid use among pregnant individuals. However …

Maternal childhood trauma (MCT) is an important factor affecting offspring size at birth.
Whether the effect of MCT persists during the subsequent development remains unclear. We …

Previous studies have suggested that maternal childhood trauma (MCT) may influence
infant temperament, but the underlying physiological mechanisms remain unclear. This …

This dissertation examines early life environments and changes in skeletal and dental
tissues by focusing on plasticity reflected in fluctuating asymmetry (FA). Chapter 2 shows …

Statistical approaches are commonly used in biological research, and they are usually
based on null hypothesis significance testing (NHST). Yet, NHST fails to provide us with two …

Introduction: Becoming a parent is a very important role and responsibility in people's lives
and knowing the role traumatic life events (TLEs) may play on a mother-child relationship is …