Epigenetic understanding of gene-environment interactions in psychiatric disorders: A new concept of clinical genetics

Clinical Epigenetics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kubota, Takeo ^a   Miyake, Kunio ^a   Hirasawa, Takae ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE; SULPIRIDE; TAMOXIFEN; VALPROIC ACID;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL GENETICS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME IMPRINTING; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2 GENE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETT SYNDROME; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84860227231     PISSN: 18687075     EISSN: 18687083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1868-7083-4-1     Document Type: Review

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