DNA Methylation, Lateral Ventricular Volume, and Psychiatric Risk for Schizophrenia

Duration: 26 mins Publication Date: 18 Dec 2023 Next Review Date: 18 Dec 2026 DOI: 10.13056/acamh.25592

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In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Charlotte Cecil and Dr. Mannan Luo discusses their co-authored JCPP paper ‘DNA methylation at birth and lateral ventricular volume in childhood: a neuroimaging epigenetics study’.

Learning Objectives

1. Definitions of ‘lateral ventricular volume enlargement’ and ‘epigenetics process of DNA methylation’.
2. The advantage of capturing DNA methylation at different life stages.
3. How this approach will further knowledge in this field.
4. Implications of the findings for researchers, and clinicians.

Paper Link

https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcpp.13866

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Dr. Mannan Luo

Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Psychiatry, Interdisciplinary Center Psychopathology and Emotion Regulation (ICPE), University Medical Center Groningen

Dr. Charlotte Cecil

Associate Professor in Biological Psychopathology at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Head of the inDEPTH Lab based at the Erasmus Medical Centre, the Netherlands

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