Methylation of BDNF in women with bulimic eating syndromes: Associations with childhood abuse and borderline personality disorder

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue , 2014, Pages 43-49

  Thaler, Lea ^a,b,c   Gauvin, Lise ^d,e   Joober, Ridha ^c   Groleau, Patricia ^a,c   de Guzman, Rosherrie ^c   Ambalavanan, Amirthagowri ^c   Israel, Mimi ^a,b,c   Wilson, Samantha ^e   Steiger, Howard ^a,b,c  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abuse; BDNF; Borderline personality disorder; Bulimia nervosa; Epigenetics; Methylation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BDNF GENE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORDERLINE STATE; BULIMIA; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA METHYLATION; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PROMOTER REGION; BLOOD; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; BULIMIA NERVOSA; CHILD; GENETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ADULT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BULIMIA NERVOSA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 84902478625     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: 18784216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2014.04.010     Document Type: Article

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