Associations among oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) DNA methylation in adulthood, exposure to early life adversity, and childhood trajectories of anxiousness

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Gouin, J P ^a,e   Zhou, Q Q ^a   Booij, L ^a,b,e   Boivin, M ^c,d   Cote S M ^e,f   Hebert M ^g   Ouellet Morin, I ^e   Szyf, M ^h   Tremblay, R E ^e,i   Turecki, G ^e,h   Vitaro, F ^e  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^h MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXTR PROTEIN, HUMAN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTRON; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES; ANXIETY; CHILD; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTRONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85027080870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-07950-x     Document Type: Article

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