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Oxytocin Receptor Genetic and Epigenetic Variations: Association With Child Abuse and Adult Psychiatric Symptoms.

Child development - 1 Jan 2000

Smearman Erica L, Almli Lynn M, Conneely Karen N, Brody Gene H, Sales Jessica M, Bradley Bekh, Ressler Kerry J, Smith Alicia K

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Childhood abuse can alter biological systems and increase risk for adult psychopathology. Epigenetic mechanisms, alterations in DNA structure that regulate the gene expression, are a potential mechanism underlying this risk. While abuse associates with methylation of certain genes, particularly those in the stress response system, no study to date has evaluated abuse and methylation of the oxytocin receptor...

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PMID: 26822448
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12493
PMCID: PMC4733885

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