Genome-wide epigenetic regulation by early-life trauma

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 722-731

  Labonté, Benoit ^a,b   Suderman, Matt ^b,c   Maussion, Gilles ^a   Navaro, Luis ^d   Yerko, Volodymyr ^a   Mahar, Ian ^a,b   Bureau, Alexandre ^e   Mechawar, Naguib ^a,b   Szyf, Moshe ^b   Meaney, Michael J ^b,f   Turecki, Gustavo ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^e CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^f AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALSIN 2 PROTEIN; CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; DNA; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CANADA; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MICROARRAY; EPIGENETICS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; FRANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SUICIDE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENOME; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; NEURONS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84855300158     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.2287     Document Type: Article

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