Sentences with phrase «including epigenetic alterations»
Yet people who make decisions about safe levels of exposure to chemicals, heavy metals and other environmental factors generally aren't including epigenetic alterations in their deliberations.
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For example, prenatal maternal anxiety is associated with an altered function of the placenta, in a way that may allow more cortisol to pass from mother to fetus.8 This probably underlies some of the alterations in fetal and child brain neurodevelopment following early exposure to stress and may also be one of the mediators of an altered epigenetic profile, although many other biological systems, including serotonin, dopamine and the pro-inflammatory cytokines, are also likely to be involved.