Methylation of the glucocorticoid receptor gene promoter in bulimic women: Associations with borderline personality disorder, suicidality, and exposure to childhood abuse

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 246-255

  Steiger, Howard ^a,b   Labonté, Benoit ^b   Groleau, Patricia ^a,b   Turecki, Gustavo ^b   Israel, Mimi ^a  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

borderline personality disorder; bulimia nervosa; childhood abuse; epigenetic; glucocorticoid receptor; methy lation

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY MASS; BORDERLINE STATE; BULIMIA; CHILD ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECEPTOR GENE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; BULIMIA NERVOSA; DNA METHYLATION; EXONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 84875228188     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.22113     Document Type: Article

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