Epigenetics of early child development

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue APR, 2011, Pages

  Murgatroyd, Chris ^a   Spengler, Dietmar ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain; Chromatin; DNA methylation; Early life; Epigenetics; Hypothalamo pituitary adrenal axis

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE;

AGING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD; CHROMATIN; COMPLEX FORMATION; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR GENE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1 GENE; DNA METHYLATION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EPIGENETICS; FKBP5 GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90 GENE; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MARKER GENE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; NR3C1 GENE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIMATE; REVIEW;

EID: 84865286734     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2011.00016     Document Type: Review

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