Genome-wide methylation changes in the brains of suicide completers

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 511-520

  Labonté, Benoit ^a   Suderman, Matt ^a   Maussion, Gilles ^a   Lopez, Juan Pablo ^a   Navarro Sánchez, Luis ^a   Yerko, Volodymyr ^a   Mechawar, Naguib ^a   Szyf, Moshe ^a   Meaney, Michael J ^a   Turecki, Gustavo ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SUICIDE; VALIDATION STUDY; ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME, HUMAN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SUICIDE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879439091     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.12050627     Document Type: Article

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