Grandmaternal stress during pregnancy and DNA methylation of the third generation: an epigenome-wide association study

Translational Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Serpeloni, F ^a   Radtke, K ^a   de Assis, S G ^b   Henning, F ^c   Natt D ^d   Elbert, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CPG ISLAND; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CPG ISLANDS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85030527139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21583188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/TP.2017.153     Document Type: Article

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