The association of serotonin receptor 3A methylation with maternal violence exposure, neural activity, and child aggression

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 325, Issue , 2017, Pages 268-277

  Schechter, Daniel S ^a   Moser, Dominik A ^a,b   Pointet, Virginie C ^a   Aue, Tatjana ^c   Stenz, Ludwig ^a   Paoloni Giacobino, Ariane ^a   Adouan, Wafae ^a   Manini, Aurélia ^a   Suardi, Francesca ^a   Vital, Marylene ^a   Sancho Rossignol, Ana ^a   Cordero, Maria I ^d   Rothenberg, Molly ^a   Ansermet, François ^a   Rusconi Serpa, Sandra ^a   Dayer, Alexandre G ^a,e  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attachment disorder; Epigenetics; fMRI; Interpersonal violence; Maternal posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Serotonin receptor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CHILD ATTACHMENT DISTURBANCE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA METHYLATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPERVIGILANCE; INFANT; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL STRESS; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MOVIE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROMOTER REGION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SECURE BASE DISTORTION; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SEROTONIN 3A RECEPTOR GENE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA SURVIVOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBJECT RELATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONTROL;

HTR3A PROTEIN, HUMAN; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ADVERSE EVENTS; AGGRESSION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DNA METHYLATION; EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN, 5-HT3; SELF-CONTROL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84992147478     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2016.10.009     Document Type: Article

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