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Serotonin transporter promoter methylation in peripheral cells and neural responses to negative stimuli: A study of adolescent monozygotic twins by Ismaylova, Elmira, Lévesque, Melissa L., Pomares, Florence B., Szyf, Moshe, Nemoda, Zsofia, Fahim, Cherine, Vitaro, Frank, Brendgen, Mara, Dionne, Ginette, Boivin, Michel, Tremblay, Richard E., Booij, Linda

“…Several studies have examined associations between peripheral DNA methylation patterns of the serotonin transporter gene ( SLC6A4 ) promoter and symptoms of…”
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Brain structure, cognition, and brain age in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and healthy controls by Shahab, Saba, Mulsant, Benoit H, Levesque, Melissa L, Calarco, Navona, Nazeri, Arash, Wheeler, Anne L, Foussias, George, Rajji, Tarek K, Voineskos, Aristotle N

“…Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (BD) may be disorders of accelerated aging. Direct comparison of healthy aging populations with schizophrenia and BD…”
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Looking beyond the DNA sequence: the relevance of DNA methylation processes for the stress–diathesis model of depression by Booij, Linda, Wang, Dongsha, Lévesque, Mélissa L., Tremblay, Richard E., Szyf, Moshe

“…The functioning of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis and serotonergic (5-HT) system are known to be intertwined with mood. Alterations in these…”
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Gray matter neuritic microstructure deficits in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder by Nazeri, Arash, MD, Mulsant, Benoit H., MD, Rajji, Tarek K., MD, Levesque, Melissa L., PhD, Pipitone, Jon, MSc, Stefanik, Laura, BSc, Shahab, Saba, BSc, Roostaei, Tina, MD, MPH, Wheeler, Anne L., PhD, Chavez, Sofia, PhD, Voineskos, Aristotle N., MD, PhD

“…Abstract Background Post-mortem studies have demonstrated considerable dendritic pathologies among persons with schizophrenia and to some extent among those…”
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Brain serotonin synthesis in adult males characterized by physical aggression during childhood: a 21-year longitudinal study by Booij, Linda, Tremblay, Richard E, Leyton, Marco, Séguin, Jean R, Vitaro, Frank, Gravel, Paul, Perreau-Linck, Elisabeth, Lévesque, Mélissa L, Durand, France, Diksic, Mirko, Turecki, Gustavo, Benkelfat, Chawki

“…Adults exhibiting severe impulsive and aggressive behaviors have multiple indices of low serotonin (5-HT) neurotransmission. It remains unclear though whether…”
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Genome-wide DNA methylation variability in adolescent monozygotic twins followed since birth by Lévesque, Mélissa L, Casey, Kevin F, Szyf, Moshe, Ismaylova, Elmira, Ly, Victoria, Verner, Marie-Pier, Suderman, Matthew, Brendgen, Mara, Vitaro, Frank, Dionne, Ginette, Boivin, Michel, Tremblay, Richard E, Booij, Linda

“…DNA methylation patterns are characterized by highly conserved developmental programs, but allow for divergent gene expression resulting from stochastic…”
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Perinatal effects on in vivo measures of human brain serotonin synthesis in adulthood: A 27-year longitudinal study by Booij, Linda, Benkelfat, Chawki, Leyton, Marco, Vitaro, Frank, Gravel, Paul, Lévesque, Mélissa L, Arseneault, Louise, Diksic, Mirko, Tremblay, Richard E

“…Abstract There is an increasing evidence that prenatal and early postnatal stressors have life long impacts on physical and mental health problems. Animal…”
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Altered patterns of brain activity during transient sadness in children at familial risk for major depression by Lévesque, Mélissa L, Beauregard, Mario, Ottenhof, Koen W, Fortier, Émilie, Tremblay, Richard E, Brendgen, Mara, Pérusse, Daniel, Dionne, Ginette, Robaey, Philippe, Vitaro, Frank, Boivin, Michel, Booij, Linda

“…Abstract Introduction We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate the neural correlates of sadness, the prevailing mood in major…”
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Birth weight discordance, DNA methylation, and cortical morphology of adolescent monozygotic twins by Casey, Kevin F., Levesque, Melissa L., Szyf, Moshe, Ismaylova, Elmira, Verner, Marie‐Pier, Suderman, Matthew, Vitaro, Frank, Brendgen, Mara, Dionne, Ginette, Boivin, Michel, Tremblay, Richard E., Booij, Linda

“…Background Several studies have shown that the in utero environment, which can be indexed by birth weight (BW), is associated with cortical morphology in…”
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The Impact of the in utero and Early Postnatal Environments on Grey and White Matter Volume: A Study with Adolescent Monozygotic Twins by Levesque, Melissa L, Fahim, Cherine, Ismaylova, Elmira, Verner, Marie-Pier, Casey, Kevin F, Vitaro, Frank, Brendgen, Mara, Dionne, Ginette, Boivin, Michel, Tremblay, Richard E, Booij, Linda

“…Prenatal and early postnatal adversities have been shown to be associated with brain development. However, we do not know how much of this association is…”
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Looking beyond the DNA sequence: the relevance of DNA methylation processes for the stress — diathesis model of depression by Booij, Linda, Wang, Dongsha, Lévesque, Mélissa L., Tremblay, Richard E., Szyf, Moshe

“…The functioning of the hypothalamic—pituitary—adrenal (HPA) axis and serotonergic (5-HT) system are known to be intertwined with mood. Alterations in these…”
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