Methylation and the human brain: Towards a new discipline of imaging epigenetics

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 262, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 271-273

  Wiers, Corinde E ^a,b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognition; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Functional MRI; Gene environment interaction; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ACETYLATION; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; METHYLATION; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WORKING MEMORY;

BRAIN; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; NEUROIMAGING;

EID: 84862859049     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: 14338491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-011-0261-z     Document Type: Review

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