Epigenetic dynamics in psychiatric disorders: Environmental programming of neurodevelopmental processes

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 831-845

  Kofink, Daniel ^a   Boks, Marco P M ^a   Timmers, H T Marc ^b   Kas, Martien J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain development; DNA methylation; Histone modification; Neural circuits; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; GENOMIC DNA; HISTONE H3;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA METHYLATION; DRUG ABUSE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOKING;

DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84876738099     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.03.020     Document Type: Review

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