The epigenome and postnatal environmental influences in psychotic disorders

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 337-348

  Pishva, Ehsan ^a   Kenis, Gunter ^a   Van Den Hove, Daniel ^a,b   Lesch, Klaus Peter ^b   Boks, Marco P M ^c   Van Os, Jim ^a,d   Rutten, Bart P F ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Environment; Epigenetics; Postnatal; Psychotic disorders; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENT; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 84896696669     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-014-0831-2     Document Type: Review

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