Gene and environment interaction: Is the differential susceptibility hypothesis relevant for obesity?

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• 作者：Roberta Dalle Molle^a ; ^b ; ^{betinha_dm@yahoo.com} ; Hajar Fatemi^a ; Alain Dagher^b ; Robert D. Levitan^c ; Patricia P. Silveira^d ; Laurette Dubé ; ^a
• 关键词：Differential susceptibility ; Gene&ndash ; environment interaction ; Development ; Obesity ; Eating behavior
• 刊名：Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：73
• 期：Complete
• 页码：326-339
• 全文大小：1323 K
• 卷排序：73

文摘

Genes may work by modulating the way individuals respond to environmental variation. The differential susceptibility hypothesis was firstly observed in psychiatric-genetic research. Nowadays there is evidence of the applicability of this theory to obesity. Capturing the various environmental expositions during development is a challenge.