Early life adversity as a risk factor for cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease

Z Huang, JD Jordan, Q Zhang - Translational neurodegeneration, 2023 - Springer
Neurological conditions, including cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease (AD),
impose a huge burden on society, affecting millions of people globally. In addition to genetic …

Early life exposure to unpredictable parental sensory signals shapes cognitive development across three species

EP Davis, K McCormack, H Arora, D Sharpe… - Frontiers in Behavioral …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Exposure to early life adversity has long term consequences on cognitive function. Most
research has focused on understanding components of early life adversities that contribute …

Early stress-induced impaired microglial pruning of excitatory synapses on immature CRH-expressing neurons provokes aberrant adult stress responses

JL Bolton, AK Short, S Othy, CL Kooiker, M Shao… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Several mental illnesses, characterized by aberrant stress reactivity, often arise after early-
life adversity (ELA). However, it is unclear how ELA affects stress-related brain circuit …

[HTML][HTML] Early life stress impairs synaptic pruning in the develo** hippocampus

KK Dayananda, S Ahmed, D Wang, B Polis… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Early life adversity impairs normal hippocampal function and connectivity in various
mammalian species, including humans and rodents. According to the 'cumulative model'the …

Enduring disruption of reward and stress circuit activities by early-life adversity in male rats

SC Levis, MT Birnie, JL Bolton, CR Perrone… - Translational …, 2022 - nature.com
In humans, early-life adversity (ELA) such as trauma, poverty, and chaotic environment is
linked to increased risk of later-life emotional disorders including depression and substance …

Early life adversity across different cell-types in the brain

G Warhaftig, D Almeida, G Turecki - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2023 - Elsevier
Early life adversity (ELA)-which includes physical, psychological, emotional, and sexual
abuse is one of the most common predictors to diverse psychopathologies later in …

The QUIC-SP: a Spanish language tool assessing unpredictability in early life is linked to physical and mental Health

SR Liu, NA Bailey, S Romero-González, A Moors… - PLoS …, 2025 - journals.plos.org
Accumulating evidence indicates that unpredictable signals in early life represent a unique
form of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) associated with disrupted …

Across ages and places: Unpredictability of maternal sensory signals and child internalizing behaviors

Ö Aran, DA Swales, NA Bailey, R Korja… - Journal of Affective …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Patterns of sensory inputs early in life play an integral role in sha** the
maturation of neural circuits, including those implicated in emotion and cognition. In both …

[HTML][HTML] Resource scarcity but not maternal separation provokes unpredictable maternal care sequences in mice and both upregulate Crh-associated gene …

C Demaestri, M Gallo, E Mazenod, AT Hong… - Neurobiology of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Early life adversity (ELA) is a major risk factor for the development of pathology, including
anxiety disorders. Neurodevelopmental and behavioral outcomes following ELA are …

Sex-specific behavioral outcomes of early-life adversity and emerging microglia-dependent mechanisms

MM Garvin, JL Bolton - Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Early-life adversity (ELA) is known to alter brain circuit maturation as well as increase
vulnerability to cognitive and emotional disorders. However, the importance of examining …