Interindividual variability in stress susceptibility: A role for epigenetic mechanisms in PTSD

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue JUN, 2013, Pages

  Zovkic, lva B ^a   Meadows, Jarrod P ^a   Kaas, Garrett A ^a   Sweatt, J David ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Dna methylation; Epigenetics; Individual differences; PTSD; Stress

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE; 5 METHYLCYTOSINE; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; FLUOXETINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GROWTH ARREST AND DNA DAMAGE INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 45; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; METHIONINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY DISORDER; BDNF GENE; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITION; COMT GENE; CPG ISLAND; DEPRESSION; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DSM-5; EARLY LIFE STRESS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EPIGENETICS; FKBP5 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE PHOSPHORYLATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PAC1R GENE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SLC6A3 GENE; SLC6A4 GENE; UPREGULATION; ZIF268 GENE;

EID: 84884545325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00060     Document Type: Review

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