Accelerated DNA methylation aging and increased resilience in veterans: the biological cost for soldiering on
Divya Mehta, Dagmar Bruenig, Bruce R. Lawford, Wendy Harvey, Tania Carrillo‐Roa, Charles Phillip Morris, Tanja Jovanović, Ross McD. Young, Elisabeth B. Binder, Joanne Voisey
This study finds that veterans with PTSD show no difference in DNA methylation age acceleration compared to non-PTSD veterans, but higher resilience scores are associated with increased DNAm age acceleration.
Neurobiology of Stress · Feb 1, 2018Peer-reviewedGenomics