The urban environment and mental disorders: Epigenetic links

Epigenetics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 400-404

  Galea, Sandro ^a   Uddin, Monica ^b   Koenen, Karestan ^a,c,d  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Mental disorders; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DNA; INTERLEUKIN 6; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CPG ISLAND; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENT; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79954514707     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.6.4.14944     Document Type: Article

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