Epigenomics and Schizophrenia: A Literature Review

Aims: Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness, characterized by positive, negative, cognitive, affective symptoms with aggression, marked by disrupted structural and functional brain connectivity, as evidenced by neuroimaging, neurophysiological and neuropathological studies. Recent epigenetic rese...

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Main Authors: Nishikant Thorat, Soham Kulkarni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2025-06-01
Series:BJPsych Open
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472425101671/type/journal_article
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Summary:Aims: Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness, characterized by positive, negative, cognitive, affective symptoms with aggression, marked by disrupted structural and functional brain connectivity, as evidenced by neuroimaging, neurophysiological and neuropathological studies. Recent epigenetic research highlights the role of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) methylation, histone modifications, and non-coding ribonucleic acid (RNA) amongst others in mediating both genetic predisposition and environmental influences on gene expression as seen in schizophrenia.
ISSN:2056-4724