Accelerated DNA methylation age: Associations with PTSD and neural integrity

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 63, Issue , 2016, Pages 155-162

  Wolf, Erika J ^a,b   Logue, Mark W ^a,b,c   Hayes, Jasmeet P ^a,b   Sadeh, Naomi ^a,b   Schichman, Steven A ^d   Stone, Annjanette ^d   Salat, David H ^a   Milberg, William ^a,e   McGlinchey, Regina ^a,e   Miller, Mark W ^a,b  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated aging; Diffusion tensor imaging; DNA methylation; Genu; PTSD; Working memory

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COGNITION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PATHOGENESIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VETERAN; WORKING MEMORY; AGING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL AGING; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHORT TERM MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL AGING; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949845689     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.09.020     Document Type: Article

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