Invited Address: “The Times They Are A-Changin’” Gene Expression, Neuroplasticity, and Developmental Research

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 573-580

  Simons, Ronald L ^a   Klopack, Eric T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Life and social sciences; Neurosociology; Placticity; Postgenomics; Social brain; Social turn in the life sciences

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 84922449234     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-014-0245-1     Document Type: Editorial

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