Mitochondrial DNA copy number is reduced in male combat veterans with PTSD

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 64, Issue , 2016, Pages 10-17

  Bersani, Francesco Saverio ^a,b   Morley, Claire ^a   Lindqvist, Daniel ^a,c   Epel, Elissa S ^a   Picard, Martin ^d   Yehuda, Rachel ^e   Flory, Janine ^e   Bierer, Linda M ^e   Makotkine, Iouri ^e   Abu Amara, Duna ^f   Coy, Michelle ^a   Reus, Victor I ^a   Lin, Jue ^g   Blackburn, Elizabeth H ^g   Marmar, Charles ^f   Wolkowitz, Owen M ^a   Mellon, Synthia H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mitochondria; Mitochondrial DNA; Positive affect; Post traumatic stress disorder; PTSD; War veterans

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICIAN ADMINISTERED PTSD SCALE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; EARLY TRAUMA INVENTORY; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; VETERAN; AGE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; COMPLICATION; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; GENETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WARFARE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; WARFARE;

EID: 84936818683     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: 18784216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2015.06.012     Document Type: Article

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