Epigenetic risk factors in PTSD and depression

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue AUG, 2013, Pages

  Raabe, Florian Joachim ^a   Spengler, Dietmar ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression; Early life stress; Epigenetic programing; Epigenetic variation; HPA axis; PTDS

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CRH GENE; DEPRESSION; DNA METHYLATION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EPIGENETICS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 84884496699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00080     Document Type: Article

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