Biological underpinnings of trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder: Focusing on genetics and epigenetics

Epigenomics

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1553-1569

  Ryan, Joanne ^a,b,c,d   Chaudieu, Isabelle ^c   Ancelin, Marie Laure ^c   Saffery, Richard ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c INSERM U1061   (France)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

biomarkers; DNA methylation; early life; epigenetics; genetics; humans; post traumatic stress disorder; stress; trauma

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; INJURY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MENTAL STRESS; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84994663015     PISSN: 17501911     EISSN: 1750192X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/epi-2016-0083     Document Type: Review

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