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. 2001 Dec 1;108(11):1567–1573. doi: 10.1172/JCI14592

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Schematic representation of the impact of maternal and early life environment factors altering neuroendocrine development. Developmental plasticity, which allows the organism to contend with environmental pressures to survive as a neonate, may alter predisposition to disease over the long-term.