Prenatal infection may alter brain development via epigenetic changes

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“This study suggests that immunologic activation may be the connection between maternal infection to epigenetic changes that produce lasting changes in brain development,” said Editor of Biological Psychiatry

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Juliet Richetto, Renaud Massart, Ulrike Weber-Stadlbauer, Moshe Szyf, Marco A. Riva, Urs Meyer. Genome-wide DNA Methylation Changes in a Mouse Model of Infection-Mediated Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Biological Psychiatry, 2017; 81 (3): 265 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2016.08.010

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