Gene-environment interactions and intermediate phenotypes: Early trauma and depression

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 5, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Hornung, Orla P ^a   Heim, Christine M ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression; Development; HPA axis; Maltreatment; Polymorphisms; Stress

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; ENDOCANNABINOID RECEPTOR; ENDOCANNABINOID RECEPTOR 1; FK506 BINDING PROTEIN 51; GLOBULIN; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTROPHIN; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; SEROTONIN 3A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN REGION; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; DEPRESSION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INJURY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84901024568     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2014.00014     Document Type: Review

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