title: Methylation and the human brain: towards a new discipline of imaging epigenetics.
abstract: The field of imaging genetics traditionally studies unidirectional associations between genes, brain functioning, and behavior. In a recent study by Ursini et al. (J Neurosci 31:6692-6698, 2011), imaging genetics methods are combined with epigenetic marks in living human beings. This approach may lead to a new field of imaging epigenetics, providing more mechanistic insight into causal pathways of how gene and environment interact and affect brain development.
authors.forename: Corinde E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Wiers
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D019175:DNA Methylation; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic; D059647:Gene-Environment Interaction; D006801:Humans; D059906:Neuroimaging