Biological memory of childhood maltreatment: Current knowledge and recommendations for future research

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1262, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-100

  Schury, Katharina ^a   Kolassa, Iris Tatjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Childhood maltreatment; Epigenetic; HPA axis; Immune system; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PRASTERONE; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CHILD ABUSE; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIGENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MEMORY; NEUROBIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 84864138377     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06617.x     Document Type: Article

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