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Brittany Howell

Emory UniversityORCID 0000-0002-5643-2326Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Brittany Howell1 paper · Wellcome Sanger Institute

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Developmental Biology· 2 Neuroscience· 2

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Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Assay:DNA methylation· 2 Organism:human· 2 Organism:rat· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1

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Elyse L. MoriniD· 2 shared Hongtu Zhu BiD· 2 shared Jed T. ElisoniD· 2 shared Jerrold S. MeyeriD· 2 shared Mar M. SáncheziD· 2 shared Tengfei LiiD· 2 shared Torsten KlengeliD· 2 shared Weili LiniD· 2 shared

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Microbes on the Mind: Multi-modal Neuroimaging Reveals Gut-Brain Axes in Infants

Tengfei Li, Yue Yang, Seo-Ho Cho, Brittany R. Howell, Zhengwang Wu, Weiyan Yin, Jed T. Elison, Khoi Minh Huynh, Sahar Ahmad, Pew-Thian Yap, Gang Li, Li Wang, Hongtu Zhu, Weili Lin, UNC/UMN Baby Connectome Project Consortium

This study links gut microbiome features to brain development in infants using multimodal neuroimaging and metagenomics.

bioRxiv · Sep 24, 2026 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology

A novel epigenetic clock for rhesus macaques unveils an association between early life adversity and epigenetic age acceleration

Gabriel Bronk, Roy Lardenoije, Laura Koolman, Claudia Klengel, Shu Dan, Brittany Howell, Elyse L. Morin, Jerrold S. Meyer, Mark E. Wilson, Kelly F. Ethun, Maria C. Alvarado, Jessica Raper, Héctor Bravo-Rivera, Margaux M. Kenwood, Patrick H. Roseboom, , Torsten Klengel

This paper develops two epigenetic clocks for rhesus macaques and finds that early life adversity, specifically infant maltreatment, is associated with epigenetic age acceleration.

bioRxiv · Oct 8, 2024 · PreprintNeuroscience

Jointly analyzing the association of human milk nutrients with cognition and temperament traits during the first 6 months of life

Tengfei Li, Tinu Mary Samuel, Ziliang Zhu, Brittany Howell, Seoyoon Cho, Kristine Baluyot, Heather C. Hazlett, Jed T. Elison, Di Wu, Jonas Hauser, Norbert Sprenger, Hongtu Zhu B, Weili Lin

The paper examines how various human milk nutrients are associated with cognitive and temperament traits in infants up to 18 months old, finding persistent effects of certain nutrients on development.

bioRxiv · Apr 24, 2022 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology

Molecular and Behavioral Effects of Infant Maltreatment across Generations in Rhesus Monkeys

Torsten Klengel, Elyse L. Morin, Brittany Howell, Sara N. Bramlett, Dora Guzman, Jerrold S. Meyer, Kerry James Ressler, Mar M. Sánchez

This study shows that childhood maltreatment in rhesus monkeys leads to molecular and behavioral changes in offspring across generations without behavioral transmission.

bioRxiv · Oct 2, 2019 · PreprintNeuroscience