Chunk #27 — EPIGENETICS IN BRAIN DEVELOPMENT

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Genetic influences on brain developmental trajectories on neuroimaging studies: from infancy to young adulthood.

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An ongoing twin study aims to unravel influences in epigenetic mechanisms throughout the lifespan (Tan et al. 2013). This study should improve our understanding of age-by-gene and age-by-epigenetic interactions, and how molecular pathways are modified during brain development.