Standout Papers

Epigenetic programming by maternal behavior 1997 2026 2006 2016 4.0k
  1. Epigenetic programming by maternal behavior (2004)
    Ian C.G. Weaver, Nadia Cervoni et al. Nature Neuroscience
  2. Maternal Care, Hippocampal Glucocorticoid Receptors, and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Responses to Stress (1997)
    Dong Liu, Josie Diorio et al. Science
  3. Epigenetic regulation of the glucocorticoid receptor in human brain associates with childhood abuse (2009)
    Patrick O. McGowan, Aya Sasaki et al. Nature Neuroscience
  4. Maternal Care, Gene Expression, and the Transmission of Individual Differences in Stress Reactivity Across Generations (2001)
    Michael J. Meaney Annual Review of Neuroscience
  5. Nongenomic Transmission Across Generations of Maternal Behavior and Stress Responses in the Rat (1999)
    Darlene Francis, Josie Diorio et al. Science
  6. Early, postnatal experience alters hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) mRNA, median eminence CRF content and stress-induced release in adult rats (1993)
    Paul M. Plotsky, Michael J. Meaney Molecular Brain Research
  7. Cortisol levels during human aging predict hippocampal atrophy and memory deficits (1998)
    Sonia Lupien, Mony J. de Leon et al. Nature Neuroscience
  8. Maternal care during infancy regulates the development of neural systems mediating the expression of fearfulness in the rat (1998)
    Christian Caldji, Beth Tannenbaum et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  9. Socioeconomic status and the brain: mechanistic insights from human and animal research (2010)
    Daniel A. Hackman, Martha J. Farah et al. Nature reviews. Neuroscience
  10. Maternal care, hippocampal synaptogenesis and cognitive development in rats (2000)
    Dong Liu, Josie Diorio et al. Nature Neuroscience
  11. Effect of Neonatal Handling on Age-Related Impairments Associated with the Hippocampus (1988)
    Michael J. Meaney, David H. Aitken et al. Science
  12. Maturation of the adrenocortical stress response: Neuroendocrine control mechanisms and the stress hyporesponsive period (1986)
    Robert M. Sapolsky, Michael J. Meaney Brain Research Reviews
  13. Variations in maternal care in the rat as a mediating influence for the effects of environment on development (2003)
    Frances A. Champagne, Darlene Francis et al. Physiology & Behavior
  14. Early Environmental Regulation of Forebrain Glucocorticoid Receptor Gene Expression: Implications for Adrenocortical Responses to Stress; pp. 49–60 (1996)
    Michael J. Meaney, Josie Diorio et al. Developmental Neuroscience
  15. Epigenetics and the Biological Definition of Gene × Environment Interactions (2010)
    Michael J. Meaney Child Development
  16. Reversal of Maternal Programming of Stress Responses in Adult Offspring through Methyl Supplementation: Altering Epigenetic Marking Later in Life (2005)
    Ian C.G. Weaver, Frances A. Champagne et al. Journal of Neuroscience
  17. Environmental programming of stress responses through DNA methylation: life at the interface between a dynamic environment and a fixed genome (2005)
    Michael J. Meaney, Moshe Szyf Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience
  18. Variations in the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Response to Stress during the Estrous Cycle in the Rat (1991)
    Victor Viau, Michael J. Meaney Endocrinology
  19. Maternal care effects on the hippocampal transcriptome and anxiety-mediated behaviors in the offspring that are reversible in adulthood (2006)
    Ian C.G. Weaver, Michael J. Meaney et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  20. Long-term behavioral and neuroendocrine adaptations to adverse early experience (2000)
    Charlotte O. Ladd, Rebecca L. Huot et al. Progress in brain research
  21. Dopamine Release in Response to a Psychological Stress in Humans and Its Relationship to Early Life Maternal Care: A Positron Emission Tomography Study Using [11C]Raclopride (2004)
    Jens C. Pruessner, Frances A. Champagne et al. Journal of Neuroscience
  22. Naturally occurring variations in maternal behavior in the rat are associated with differences in estrogen-inducible central oxytocin receptors (2001)
    Frances A. Champagne, Josie Diorio et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  23. Do early‐life events permanently alter behavioral and hormonal responses to stressors? (1998)
    Hymie Anisman, Michael J. Meaney et al. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience
  24. Environmental Enrichment Reverses the Effects of Maternal Separation on Stress Reactivity (2002)
    Darlene Francis, Josie Diorio et al. Journal of Neuroscience
  25. Maternal Care and Hippocampal Plasticity: Evidence for Experience-Dependent Structural Plasticity, Altered Synaptic Functioning, and Differential Responsiveness to Glucocorticoids and Stress (2008)
    Danielle L. Champagne, Rosemary C. Bagot et al. Journal of Neuroscience
  26. Effects of the Social Environment and Stress on Glucocorticoid Receptor Gene Methylation: A Systematic Review (2014)
    Gustavo Turecki, Michael J. Meaney Biological Psychiatry
  27. Fetal Origins of Mental Health: The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease Hypothesis (2016)
    Kieran J. O’Donnell, Michael J. Meaney American Journal of Psychiatry

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Michael J. Meaney 24596 23046 7450 14568 551 60.6k
George P. Chrousos 25060 9244 7445 5788 1.4k 94.0k
Charles B. Nemeroff 24091 14202 4696 5571 931 74.2k
E. R. de Kloet 32167 17953 1431 3720 627 53.6k
Bruce S. McEwen 62176 33474 7197 9656 1.0k 154.3k
Clemens Kirschbaum 32379 13687 4945 3179 506 56.9k
Robert M. Sapolsky 16911 11419 1253 2712 345 45.8k
Jonathan R. Seckl 11293 5678 3402 12689 444 42.9k
Carmine M. Pariante 12838 4133 5618 3683 477 36.6k
John F. Cryan 11015 8776 3528 2877 734 76.5k
Dennis S. Charney 15434 7873 2115 2200 569 81.6k

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