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ReviewNeuroscience2014

Epigenetics and the regulation of stress vulnerability and resilience.

A S Zannas, A E West

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Review in Neuroscience, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 94 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
94citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

94 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 198 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Glucocorticoid receptor gene (Neurobiology of stress · 2026
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  7. Beyond tumor biology: nursing interventions for psychological and immune health in cancer patients.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  11. Epigenetics, Resilience, Protective Factors and Factors Promoting Positive Outcomes: A Scoping Review.International journal of developmental neuroscience : the official journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience · 2025
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  13. Epigenetic Echoes: Bridging Nature, Nurture, and Healing Across Generations.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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34 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

A S ZannasDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. Electronic address: anthony.zannas@duke.edu.
A E WestDepartment of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. Electronic address: west@neuro.duke.edu.
Duke Medical Center · USDuke University Hospital · US

Funding

Regulation of Cocaine Reward and Reinforcement by MeCP2R01DA033610 · NIDA · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI WEST, ANNE ELIZABETH · 2013 to 2017
$1.7M
Regulation of response to chronic antidepressant treatment by MeCP2R21MH096310 · NIMH · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI WEST, ANNE ELIZABETH · 2012 to 2013
$375k
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA033610NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH096310
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The human brain has a remarkable capacity to adapt to and learn from a wide range of variations in the environment. However, environmental challenges can also precipitate psychiatric disorders in susceptible individuals. Why any given experience should induce one brain to adapt while another is edged toward psychopathology remains poorly understood. Like all aspects of psychological function, both nature (genetics) and nurture (life experience) sculpt the brain's response to stressful stimuli. Here we review how these two influences intersect at the epigenetic regulation of neuronal gene transcription, and we discuss how the regulation of genomic DNA methylation near key stress-response genes may influence psychological susceptibility or resilience to environmental stressors. Our goal is to offer a perspective on the epigenetics of stress responses that works to bridge the gap between the study of this molecular process in animal models and its potential usefulness for understanding stress vulnerabilities in humans.

Indexed as

Epigenesis, GeneticResilience, PsychologicalAnimalsBrainHumansMiceRatsStress, PsychologicalDNA methylationepigeneticsneural plasticitypsychological stressresiliencevulnerability

Identifiers

PMID24333971
PMCPMC3959582
OpenAlexW2115418898

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