Developmental Human Behavioral Epigenetics: Principles, Methods, Evidence, and Future Directions

Developmental Human Behavioral Epigenetics: Principles, Methods, Evidence, and Future Directions, Volume 23, a new volume in the Translational Epigenetics series, offers the first systematic account of theoretical G79 frameworks, methodological approaches, findings, and future directions in the field of human behavioral epigenetics. Featuring contributions from leading scientists and international researchers, this book provides a comprehensive overview of human behavioral epigenetics, with a close examination of evidence gathered to-date from animal models, challenges of human-based research and clinical translation, pathways towards drug discovery, and next steps in research.

Areas of focus include prenatal stress exposures, preterm behavioral epigenetics, intergenerational exposures, trauma and neglect, socio-economic conditions, maternal caregiving and attachment, study design, and epigenetics and psychotherapy.

Enables more effective study design and methods application in behavioral epigenetics research across human and animal modelsExamines findings in human behavioral epigenetics to-dateFeatures contributions from leading international researchers in behavioral epigenetics

SECTION I Introduction CHAPTER 1 Principles of epigenetics and DNA methylation CHAPTER 2 From animal to human epigenetics CHAPTER 3 An overview of developmental behavioral genetics

SECTION II Behavioral epigenetics in action CHAPTER 4 Prenatal exposures and behavioral epigenetics in human infants and children CHAPTER 5 Applying behavioral epigenetic principles to preterm birth and early stress exposure CHAPTER 6 Long-term epigenetic effects of parental caregiving CHAPTER 7 Intergenerational transmission of stress-related epigenetic regulation CHAPTER 8 The role of protective caregiving in epigenetic regulation in human infants CHAPTER 9 Embedding early experiences into brain function: Perspectives from behavioral epigenetics