Neuro-epigenetic indications of acute stress response in humans: The case of microRNA-29c

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Vaisvaser, Sharon ^a   Modai, Shira ^a   Farberov, Luba ^b   Lin, Tamar ^b   Sharon, Haggai ^b   Gilam, Avital ^b   Volk, Naama ^c   Admon, Roee ^d   Edry, Liat ^d   Fruchter, Eyal ^e   Wald, Ilan ^e   Bar Haim, Yair ^b   Tarrasch, Ricardo ^b   Chen, Alon ^b   Shomron, Noam ^b   Hendler, Talma ^b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^d MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Division of Mental Health   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 29C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MIRN29 MICRORNA, HUMAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; DOWN REGULATION; EPIGENETICS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; RNA ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UPREGULATION; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; BRAIN; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAIN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICRORNAS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953792181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146236     Document Type: Article

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