Association between methylation of the SLC6A4 promoter region in peripheral blood leukocytes and methylation in amygdala tissue

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 244-246

  Riese, Harriette ^a   Van Den Heuvel, Edwin R ^b   Snieder, Harold ^b   Den Dunnen, Wilfred F ^b   Plosch, Torsten ^b   Kema, Ido P ^b   Niezen Koning, Klary E ^c  

^a Departments of Psychiatry and Epidemiology   (United States)

^b Department of Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN TISSUE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEPRESSION; DNA METHYLATION; EMOTIONALITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; START CODON; GENETICS; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS;

DEPRESSION; DNA METHYLATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84898469610     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000048     Document Type: Letter

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