Dynamic changes in DNA methylation of stress-associated genes (OXTR, BDNF ) after acute psychosocial stress

Unternäehrer, Eva; Luers, Petra; Mill, Jonathan; Dempster, Emma; H. Meyer, Andrea; Staehli, Simon; Lieb, Roselind; H. Hellhammer, Dirk; Meinlschmidt, Gunther

doi:10.1038/tp.2012.77

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Dynamic changes in DNA methylation of stress-associated genes (OXTR, BDNF ) after acute psychosocial stress

Published in Translational Psychiatry • Aug 14, 2012

Authors:

Eva Unternäehrer

Petra Luers

Jonathan Mill

Abstract

Environmentally induced epigenetic alterations are related to mental health. We investigated quantitative DNA methylation status before and after an acute psychosocial stressor in two stress-related genes: oxytocin receptor (OXTR) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF ). The cross sectional st...

Subject

DNA methylation

Trier social stress test

Epigenetics

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