Childhood adversity and DNA methylation of genes involved in the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis and immune system: Whole-genome and candidate-gene associations

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1417-1425

  Bick, Johanna ^a   Naumova, Oksana ^a,b   Hunter, Scott ^a   Barbot, Baptiste ^a   Lee, Maria ^a   Luthar, Suniya S ^a,c   Raefski, Adam ^a   Grigorenko, Elena L ^a,c,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DNA METHYLATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84867565480     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579412000806     Document Type: Article

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