Approaching the Molecular Pathology of Suicide

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 643-644

  Akbarian, Schahram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR A1; CPG OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; MESSENGER RNA; SEROTONIN 2C RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DNA HYPERMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC RISK; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; ISOMERIZATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MOOD DISORDER; PHOSPHORYLATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SUICIDE; SUMOYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UBIQUITINYLATION;

EID: 52949127271     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.06.013     Document Type: Note

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