Differential DNA Methylation Is Associated With Hippocampal Abnormalities in Pediatric Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Ensink JBM, Keding TJ, Henneman P, Venema A, Papale LA, Alisch RS, Westerman Y, van Wingen G, Zantvoord J, Middeldorp CM, Mannens MMAM, Herringa RJ, Lindauer R. Differential DNA Methylation Is Associated With Hippocampal Abnormalities in Pediatric Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience And Neuroimaging 2021, 6: 1063-1070. PMID: 33964519, PMCID: PMC8568739, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2021.04.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric posttraumatic stress disorderPosttraumatic stress disorderStress disorderNon-PTSD control groupAnterior hippocampal volumeDifferential DNA methylationMethylome-wide association studiesAltered gene expressionHippocampal abnormalitiesDutch cohortHippocampal volumeEpigenetic mechanismsDNA methylationU.S. cohortMethylation differencesTreatment targetsControl groupStructural neuroimaging measuresNeural abnormalitiesGene expressionStress responseAssociation studiesBiological pathwaysBrain structuresCohort