Longitudinal changes of telomere length and epigenetic age related to traumatic stress and post-traumatic stress disorder

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 506-512

  Boks, Marco P ^a   Mierlo, Hans C van ^a   Rutten, Bart P F ^b   Radstake, Timothy R D J ^a   De Witte, Lot ^a   Geuze, Elbert ^a,c   Horvath, Steve ^d   Schalkwyk, Leonard C ^e   Vinkers, Christiaan H ^a   Broen, Jasper C A ^a   Vermetten, Eric ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Ministerie van Defensie   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Combat trauma; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Post traumatic stress disorder; PTSD; Telomeres; Traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; ISOTRETINOIN;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CELL AGING; CHECKLIST; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DUTCHMAN; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SELF RATING INVENTORY FOR POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SMOKING; SOLDIER; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE LENGTH; ADOLESCENT; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; CELL AGING; COMBAT DISORDERS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TELOMERE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920700104     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.07.011     Document Type: Article

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