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• Childhood abuse is associated with methylation of multiple loci in adult DNA (2014)
  Borghol N., Pappas J.J., Pinto Pereira S.M., Pembrey M., Hertzman C., Power C. and Szyf M.
  BMC Medical Genomics, (2014) Vol 7 No 13

Childhood abuse is associated with methylation of multiple loci in adult DNA

• Biochemical causes of childhood aggression and its continuation in adult life (2013)
  
  1. Childhood Chronic Physical Aggression Associates with Adult Cytokine Levels in Plasma
     Provencal, N., Suderman, M.J., Vitaro, F., Szyf, M., Tremblay, R.E.
     PLoS One (Public Library of Science) Vol 8 (7)
  2. Differential DNA Methylation Regions in Cytokine and Transcription Factor Genomic Loci Associate with Childhood Physical Aggression
     Provencal, N., Suderman, M.J., Caramaschi, D., Wang, D., Hallett, M., Vitaro, F., Tremblay, R.E., Szyf, M
     PLoS One (Public Library of Science) Vol 8 (8)

Biochemical causes of childhood aggression and its continuation in adult life

• Differential Patterns of Whole-genome DNA Methylation in Institutionalized Children and Children Raised by their Biological Parents (2012)
  Naumova, O.Y.
  Development and Psychopathology, (2012) Vol 24, 143 - 155

Differential Patterns of Whole-genome DNA Methylation in Institutionalized Children and Children Raised by their Biological Parents

• Maternal Support in Early Childhood Predicts Larger Hippocampal Volumes at School Age (2012)
  Luby, J.L.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), (2012) Vol 109, no. 8, 2854 – 2859 (Feb 21)

Maternal Support in Early Childhood Predicts Larger Hippocampal Volumes at School Age

• Associations with Early-life Socio-Economic Position in Adult DNA Methylation (2012)
  Borghol, N., Suderman, M., McArdle, W., Racine, A., Hallett, M., Pembrey, M., Hertzman, C., Power, C., Szyf, M.
  International Journal of Epidemiology, 41, (62 – 74)

Associations with Early-life Socio-Economic Position in Adult DNA Methylation

• Mechanisms Linking Early Life Stress to Adult Health Outcomes (2010)
  Shelly E Taylor
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2010) 107: 8507-8512

Mechanisms Linking Early Life Stress to Adult Health Outcomes

• Neurobiology of Motherhood (2010)
  Ertugrul ESEL
  Turkish Journal of Psychiatry (2010) 21 (1): 68-78

Neurobiology of Motherhood

• Childhood Stress, Serotonin Transporter Gene and Brain Structures in Major Depression (2010)
  Frodl, T. Reinhold, E. Koutsouleris, N. Donohue, G. Bondy, B. Reiser, M. Moller, H-J, Meisenzahl, E.M.
  Neuropsychopharmacology (2010) 35, 1383-1390

Childhood Stress, Serotonin Transporter Gene and Brain Structures in Major Depression

• Preschool Depression: The Importance of Identification of Depression Early in Development (2010)
  Luby, J.L.
  Current Directions in Psychological Science (2010) 19 (2), 91-95

Preschool Depression: The Importance of Identification of Depression Early in Development

• Belsky: Summary of Three Recent Papers (2010)
  
  1. For Better and for Worse:  Differential Susceptibility to Environmental Influences
     Belsky, J., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M>J> and van IlJzendoors, M.N.
     Current Directions in Psychological Science (2007) 16(6), 300-304
  2. Vulnerability Genes or Plasticity Genes?
     Belsky, J., Jonassaint, C., Pluess, M., Stanton, M., Brummett, B. and Williams, R.
     Molecular Psychiatry (2009) 14, 746-754
  3. Beyond Diathesis Stress: Differential Susceptibility to Environmental Influences
     Belsky, J and Pluess, M.
     Psychological (2009) 135 (6). 885-908

Belsky: Summary of Three Recent Papers

• Adult Attachment Predicts Maternal Brain and Oxytocin Response to Infant Cues (2009)
  Strathearn.L, Fonagy, P. Amico, J. Read Montague, P. 2009

Adult Attachment Predicts Maternal Brain and Oxytocin Response to Infant Cues

• Dynamic DNA Methylation Programs Persistent Adverse Effects of Early-Life Stress (2009)
  Murgatroyd,C. Patchev, A.V. Wu, A. Micale,V. Bockmuhl,Y. Fischer, D. et al. 2009

Dynamic DNA Methylation Programs Persistent Adverse Effects of Early-Life Stress

• Epigenetic Regulation of the Glucocorticoid Receptor in Human Brain Associates with Childhood Abuse (2009)
  McGowan, P.O., Sasaki, A., D’Alessio, A.C., Dymov, S., Labonte’, B., Szyf, M.  2009

Epigenetic Regulation of the Glucocorticoid Receptor in Human Brain Associates with Childhood Abuse

• Effects of Stress Throughout the Lifespan on the Brain, Behaviour and Cognition (2009)
  Lupien, S.J., McEwen, B.S., Gunnar, M.R., Heim, C.  2009

Effects of Stress Throughout the Lifespan on the Brain, Behaviour and Cognition

• What's in Smile? Maternal Brain Responses to Infant Facial Clues (2008)
  Strathearn, L., Li, J., Fonagy, P., Read Montague, P. 2008

What's in Smile? Maternal Brain Responses to Infant Facial Clues

• Children's Elevated Cortisol Levels at Daycare: A Review and Meta-analysis (2006)
  Vermeer, H.J., van IJzendoorn, M.H.  2006

Children's Elevated Cortisol Levels at Daycare: A Review and Meta-analysis