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Early Life Stress, Neuroinflammation, and Psychiatric Illness of Adulthood. 2023

Sang Ho Shin, and Yong-Ku Kim

Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Korea University, Ansan, Republic of Korea.

Stress exposure during early stages of life elevates the risk of developing psychopathologies and psychiatric illness in later life. The brain and immune system are not completely developed by birth and therefore continue develop after birth; this post birth development is influenced by several psychosocial factors; hence, early life stress (ELS) exposure can alter brain structural development and function. A growing number of experimental animal and observational human studies have investigated the link between ELS exposure and increased risk of psychopathology through alternations in the immune system, by evaluating inflammation biomarkers. Recent studies, including brain imaging, have also shed light on the mechanisms by which both the innate and adaptive immune systems interact with neural circuits and neurotransmitters, which affect psychopathology. Herein, we discuss the link between the experience of stress in early life and lifelong alterations in the immune system, which subsequently lead to the development of various psychiatric illnesses.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011599	Psychopathology	The study of significant causes and processes in the development of mental illness.
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000076783	Adverse Childhood Experiences	Deleterious experiences in first 18 years of life.	Adolescent Trauma,Childhood Trauma,Early Life Stress,Early-Life Stress,Traumatic Childhood Experiences,Adolescent Traumas,Adverse Childhood Experience,Childhood Experience, Adverse,Childhood Experience, Traumatic,Childhood Experiences, Adverse,Childhood Experiences, Traumatic,Childhood Traumas,Early Life Stresses,Early-Life Stresses,Experience, Traumatic Childhood,Experiences, Traumatic Childhood,Life Stress, Early,Life Stresses, Early,Stress, Early Life,Stress, Early-Life,Stresses, Early Life,Stresses, Early-Life,Trauma, Adolescent,Trauma, Childhood,Traumas, Adolescent,Traumas, Childhood,Traumatic Childhood Experience
D000090862	Neuroinflammatory Diseases	Diseases characterized by inflammation of the nervous tissue.	Neuroinflammation,Neuroinflammatory Disorders,Disease, Neuroinflammatory,Disorder, Neuroinflammatory,Neuroinflammations,Neuroinflammatory Disease,Neuroinflammatory Disorder
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001523	Mental Disorders	Psychiatric illness or diseases manifested by breakdowns in the adaptational process expressed primarily as abnormalities of thought, feeling, and behavior producing either distress or impairment of function.	Mental Illness,Psychiatric Diseases,Psychiatric Disorders,Psychiatric Illness,Behavior Disorders,Diagnosis, Psychiatric,Mental Disorders, Severe,Psychiatric Diagnosis,Illness, Mental,Mental Disorder,Mental Disorder, Severe,Mental Illnesses,Psychiatric Disease,Psychiatric Disorder,Psychiatric Illnesses,Severe Mental Disorder,Severe Mental Disorders
D013315	Stress, Psychological	Stress wherein emotional factors predominate.	Cumulative Stress, Psychological,Emotional Stress,Individual Stressors,Life Stress,Psychological Cumulative Stress,Psychological Stress Experience,Psychological Stress Overload,Psychologically Stressful Conditions,Stress Experience, Psychological,Stress Measurement, Psychological,Stress Overload, Psychological,Stress Processes, Psychological,Stress, Emotional,Stressful Conditions, Psychological,Psychological Stress,Stress, Psychologic,Stressor, Psychological,Condition, Psychological Stressful,Condition, Psychologically Stressful,Conditions, Psychologically Stressful,Cumulative Stresses, Psychological,Experience, Psychological Stress,Individual Stressor,Life Stresses,Measurement, Psychological Stress,Overload, Psychological Stress,Psychologic Stress,Psychological Cumulative Stresses,Psychological Stress Experiences,Psychological Stress Measurement,Psychological Stress Measurements,Psychological Stress Overloads,Psychological Stress Processe,Psychological Stress Processes,Psychological Stresses,Psychological Stressful Condition,Psychological Stressful Conditions,Psychological Stressor,Psychological Stressors,Psychologically Stressful Condition,Stress Experiences, Psychological,Stress Processe, Psychological,Stress, Life,Stress, Psychological Cumulative,Stressful Condition, Psychological,Stressful Condition, Psychologically,Stressor, Individual