Sex and Diagnosis-Specific Associations between DNA Methylation of the Oxytocin Receptor Gene with Emotion Processing and Temporal-Limbic and Prefrontal Brain Volumes in Psychotic Disorders

Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 141-151

  Rubin, Leah H ^a   Connelly, Jessica J ^b   Reilly, James L ^c   Carter, C Sue ^d   Drogos, Lauren L ^e   Pournajafi Nazarloo, Hossein ^d   Ruocco, Anthony C ^f   Keedy, Sarah K ^g   Matthew, Ian ^h   Tandon, Neeraj ^h,i   Pearlson, Godfrey D ^j   Clementz, Brett A ^k   Tamminga, Carol A ^l   Gershon, Elliot S ^g   Keshavan, Matcheri S ^h   Bishop, Jeffrey R ^m   Sweeney, John A ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Kinsey Institute   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^h HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k University of Georgia   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Emotion recognition; Epigenetics; Oxytocin; Psychosis; Sex differences; Structural imaging

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EMOTION; EMOTION ASSESSMENT; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMAGING SOFTWARE; LIMBIC CORTEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PENN EMOTION RECOGNITION TEST; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOSIS; RECOGNITION; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL COGNITION; START CODON; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 84959304871     PISSN: 24519022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2015.10.003     Document Type: Article

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