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The genome- and system-wide response of DNA methylation to early life adversity and its implication on mental health.
Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie - 1 Dec 2013
Szyf Moshe
Abstract excerpt
Early life adversity is associated with long-tem impacts on behaviour and physical and mental health. The mechanisms mediating the impact of early life environment on the phenotype are proposed to involve a change in the state of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) methylation and, as a consequence, in the stable programming of gene expression. Recent studies suggest that the changes in DNA methylation affect broad...
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