Peripheral serotonin transporter DNA methylation is linked to increased salience network connectivity in females with anorexia nervosa

Boehm, Ilka; Walton, Esther; Alexander, Nina; Batury, Victoria-Luise; Seidel, Maria; Geisler, Daniel; A. King, Joseph; Weidner, Kerstin; Roessner, Veit; Ehrlich, Stefan

doi:10.1503/jpn.190016

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Peripheral serotonin transporter DNA methylation is linked to increased salience network connectivity in females with anorexia nervosa

Published in Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience • Apr 28, 2020

Authors:

Ilka Boehm

Esther Walton

Nina Alexander

Abstract

Background: Epigenetic variation in the serotonin transporter gene (SLC6A4) has been shown to modulate the functioning of brain circuitry associated with the salience network and may heighten the risk for mental illness. This study is, to our knowledge, the first to test this epigenome–brain–behavio...

Subject

DNA methylation

Epigenetics

Serotonin transporter

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