On telomeres long and short

Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-4

  Corbett, Nathan ^a   Alda, Martin ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANXIETY DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EDITORIAL; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIGENETICS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MITOCHONDRION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHOSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; STEM CELL; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE SHORTENING; TELOMERIC REPEAT AMPLIFICATION PROTOCOL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; AGING; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLISM; TELOMERE;

AGING; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 84920982740     PISSN: 11804882     EISSN: 14882434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/jpn.140347     Document Type: Editorial

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