The social environment plays a considerable role in determining major psychiatric disorders.
Emerging evidence suggests that features of the social environment modify gene expression …

The development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is influenced by genetic factors.
Although there have been some replicated candidates, the identification of risk variants for …

For the first time in human history, more than half of the world's population lives in urban
areas and this is projected to increase to two-thirds by 2030. This increased urbanity of the …

The biologic underpinnings of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have not been fully
elucidated. Previous work suggests that alterations in the immune system are characteristic …

Background. During the influenza A (H1N1) pandemic, antiviral prescribing was limited,
vaccines were not available early, and the effectiveness of nonpharmaceutical interventions …

Abstract The Psychiatric Genomics Consortium-Posttraumatic Stress Disorder group (PGC-
PTSD) combined genome-wide case–control molecular genetic data across 11 multiethnic …

What do functionally important DNA sites, those scrutinized and shaped by natural selection,
tell us about the place of humans in evolution? Here we compare≈ 90 kb of coding DNA …

Evidence from comparative studies of gene expression and evolution suggest that human
neocortical neurons may be characterized by unusually high levels of energy metabolism …

Limited vaccine availability and the potential for resistance to antiviral medications have led
to calls for establishing the efficacy of non-pharmaceutical measures for mitigating pandemic …

Background Recent conceptual models argue that early life adversity (ELA) accelerates
development, which may contribute to poor mental and physical health outcomes. Evidence …