Fetal Programming of Brain and Behavior through Ionizing Radiation
2023
Christine Lalonde | Douglas Boreham | T. C. Tai
For decades, the Barker hypothesis and thrifty phenotype hypothesis have driven researchers to explore the development of metabolic syndrome through fetal programming. In this short review, we provide peer-reviewed support for the fetal programming of neural genetic activity and behavior in multiple neural regions: the prefrontal cortex, the cerebral cortex, the hippocampus, the cerebellum, and the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis. We also introduce ionizing radiation as a purported indirect driver of phenotypical changes. The predisposition of brain and behavioral phenotypes after gestational exposure to stressors can lead to aversive and harmful outcomes, rather than protective adaptations.
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