The neurodevelopmental origins of suicidal behavior

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-23

  Turecki, Gustavo ^a   Ernst, Carl ^a   Jollant, Fabrice ^a   Labonté, Benoit ^a   Mechawar, Naguib ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

AGE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN REGULATION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EMOTION; EPIGENETICS; FAMILY HISTORY; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEREDITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEOSTASIS; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MENTAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RELIGION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; WERNICKE AREA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; EPIGENOMICS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 84855313124     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2011.11.008     Document Type: Review

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