Relation of Promoter Methylation of the Oxytocin Gene to Stressful Life Events and Depression Severity

Oxytocin (OT) is a neuropeptide associated with trauma, sociality, and depression. Despite the widely accepted assumption of OT playing a role in the etiology of mood and anxiety disorders, associations between stressful life events, depression, and epigenetic regulation of the gene coding for OT (O...

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