The molecular processes underlying human health and disease are highly complex. Often,
genetic and environmental factors contribute to a given disease or phenotype in a non …

A deeper understanding of the pathomechanisms leading to stress-related psychiatric
disorders is important for the development of more efficient preventive and therapeutic …

Complex traits arise from the interplay between genetic and environmental factors. The
actions of these factors usually appear to be additive, and few compelling examples of gene …

This review describes stress-related biological mechanisms linking interpersonal racism to
life course health trajectories among African Americans. Interpersonal racism, a form of …

Behavior genetics studies how genetic differences among people contribute to differences in
their psychology and behavior. Here, I describe how the conclusions and methods of …

DNA methylation (DNAm)–an epigenetic process that regulates gene expression–may
represent a mechanism for the biological embedding of early traumatic experiences …

The efficacy of interventions might be underestimated or even go undetected as a main
effect when it is hidden in gene-by-environment (G× E) interactions. This review moves …

Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (BD) are complex and multidimensional disorders with
high heritability rates. The contribution of genetic factors to the etiology of these disorders is …

Intelligence can have an extremely high heritability, but also be malleable; a paradox that
has been the source of continuous controversy. Here we attempt to clarify the issue, and …

The intensified administration of chemotherapeutic drugs has gradually replaced cranial
radiation therapy (CRT) for the treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) …