Epigenetic regulation of the glucocorticoid receptor in human brain associates with childhood abuse

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 342-348

  McGowan, Patrick O ^a,b   Sasaki, Aya ^a,b   D'Alessio, Ana C ^b   Dymov, Sergiy ^b   Labonté, Benoit ^a,c   Szyf, Moshe ^b   Turecki, Gustavo ^a,c   Meaney, Michael J ^a,b,d  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; METHYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SUICIDE;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60749105468     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.2270     Document Type: Article

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