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The maternal-neonatal neuro-immune interface: Are there long-term implications for inflammatory or stress-related disease?
Nola Shanks, Stafford L. Lightman
Nola Shanks, Stafford L. Lightman
Published December 1, 2001
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 2001;108(11):1567-1573. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI14592.
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The maternal-neonatal neuro-immune interface: Are there long-term implications for inflammatory or stress-related disease?

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Nola Shanks, Stafford L. Lightman

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Schematic representation of the impact of maternal and early life enviro...
Schematic representation of the impact of maternal and early life environment factors altering neuroendocrine development. Developmental plasticity, which allows the organism to contend with environmental pressures to survive as a neonate, may alter predisposition to disease over the long-term.

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