Site-specific methylation changes in the glucocorticoid receptor exon 1F promoter in relation to life adversity: Systematic Review of contributing factors

There has been recent interest in epigenetics in psychiatry since it offers a means of understanding how stressful life experiences, in interaction with the genotype, result in epigenetic changes that result in altered gene expression, ultimately affecting the risk for mental disorders. Many studies...

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Main Authors: Nikolaos P Daskalakis, Rachel eYehuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2014.00369/full