Toward a new biology of social adversity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue SUPPL.2, 2012, Pages 17143-17148

  Boyce, W Thomas ^a,b   Sokolowski, Marla B ^b,c   Robinson, Gene E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR;

ABUSE; COOPERATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EDITORIAL; EPIGENETICS; EXPERIENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFLAMMATION; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADVERSITY; SOCIAL STATUS; ANIMAL; CHILD; MENTAL STRESS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; CHILD; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84872222958     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1121264109     Document Type: Editorial

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