Genes learn from stress: How infantile trauma programs us for depression

Epigenetics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 194-199

  Murgatroyd, Chris ^a   Wu, Yonghe ^a   Bockmühl, Yvonne ^a   Spengler, Dietmar ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression, stress; HPA axis; Programming; Vasopressin, MeCP2

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; AVP PROTEIN, HUMAN; NEUROPHYSIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DNA METHYLATION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; ANIMAL; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

MUS;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; DEPRESSION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; NEUROPHYSINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 77954725166     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.5.3.11375     Document Type: Article

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