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SUBMITTER: Lillycrop KA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4588869 | biostudies-other | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Lillycrop Karen A KA Costello Paula M PM Teh Ai Ling AL Murray Robert J RJ Clarke-Harris Rebecca R Barton Sheila J SJ Garratt Emma S ES Ngo Sherry S Sheppard Allan M AM Wong Johnny J Dogra Shaillay S Burdge Graham C GC Cooper Cyrus C Inskip Hazel M HM Gale Catharine R CR Gluckman Peter D PD Harvey Nicholas C NC Chong Yap-Seng YS Yap Fabian F Meaney Michael J MJ Rifkin-Graboi Anne A Holbrook Joanna D JD Godfrey Keith M KM
International journal of epidemiology 20150422 4
<h4>Background</h4>Early life environments induce long-term changes in neurocognitive development and behaviour. In animal models, early environmental cues affect neuropsychological phenotypes via epigenetic processes but, as yet, there is little direct evidence for such mechanisms in humans.<h4>Method</h4>We examined the relation between DNA methylation at birth and child neuropsychological outcomes in two culturally diverse populations using a genome-wide methylation analysis and validation by ...[more]