Epigenetic studies of psychosis: Current findings, methodological approaches, and implications for postmortem research

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 146-156

  Pidsley, Ruth ^a   Mill, Jonathan ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; brain; DNA methylation; epigenetics; histone modification; postmortem; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE;

ACIDITY; AUTOPSY; CARBON METABOLISM; CELL SPECIFICITY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW;

AUTOPSY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 78650429158     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.03.029     Document Type: Review

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