Prenatal adverse environments, such as maternal stress, toxicological exposures, and viral
infections, can disrupt normal brain development and contribute to neurodevelopmental …

Animal studies confirm earlier anecdotal observations in humans to indicate that early life
experience has a profound impact on adult behavior, years after the original experience has …

This review provides a broad overview of the state of research in the genetics of anxiety
disorders (AD). Genetic epidemiological studies report a moderate level of familial …

Psychosocial stress triggers a set of behavioral, neural, hormonal, and molecular responses
that can be a driving force for survival when adaptive and time-limited, but may also …

Risk for neuropsychiatric disorders is complex and includes an individual's internal genetic
endowment and their environmental experiences and exposures. Embryonic development …

Life stress has been associated with accelerated cellular aging and increased risk for
develo** aging-related diseases; however, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain …

Background Serotonin 3A receptor (5‐HT3AR) is associated at the genetic and epigenetic
levels with a variety of psychiatric disorders and interacts with early‐life stress such as …

The interaction between the serotonin transporter (SERT) linked polymorphic region (5-
HTTLPR) and adverse early life stressing (ELS) events is associated with enhanced stress …

Women of child-bearing age are the population group at highest risk for depression. In
pregnant women, fluoxetine (Flx) is the most widely prescribed selective serotonin reuptake …