Epigenetic modulation of glucocorticoid receptors in posttraumatic stress disorder

Translational Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Labonte B ^a,b   Azoulay, N ^b   Yerko, V ^a   Turecki, G ^a,b,c   Brunet, A ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortisol; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Glucocorticoid receptors; HPA axis; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL SELECTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROMOTER REGION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA LEVEL; T LYMPHOCYTE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA;

ADULT; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SALIVA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84925286761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21583188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/tp.2014.3     Document Type: Article

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