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Neurogenetics and Epigenetics of Loneliness

Abdalla Bowirrat1 Department of Molecular Biology, Adelson School of Medicine, Ariel University, Ariel, 40700, IsraelORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8185-0688
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Igor Elman2 Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USACorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Catherine A Dennen3 Department of Family Medicine, Jefferson Health Northeast, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Marjorie C Gondré-Lewis4 Neuropsychopharmacology Laboratory, Department of Anatomy, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, 20059, USA
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Jean Lud Cadet5 Molecular Neuropsychiatry Research Branch, NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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Jag Khalsa6 Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, George Washington University, School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
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David Baron7 Division of Addiction Research & Education, Center for Sports, Exercise, and Mental Health, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA, 91766, USA
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Diwanshu Soni8 Western University Health Sciences School of Medicine, Pomona, CA, USA
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Mark S Gold9 Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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Thomas J McLaughlin10 Division of Reward Deficiency Clinics, TranspliceGen Therapeutics, Inc, Austin, TX, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2399-0214
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Debasis Bagchi11 Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Texas Southern University College of Pharmacy, Houston, TX, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9478-6427
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Eric R Braverman12 Division of Clinical Neurology, The Kenneth Blum Institute of Neurogenetics & Behavior, LLC, Austin, TX, USA
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Mauro Ceccanti13 Alcohol Addiction Program, Latium Region Referral Center, Sapienza University of Rome, Roma, 00185, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9981-8715
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Panayotis K Thanos14 Behavioral Neuropharmacology and Neuroimaging Laboratory on Addictions, Clinical Research Institute on Addictions, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biosciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14203, USA;15 Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14203, USA
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Edward Justin Modestino16 Department of Psychology, Curry College, Milton, MA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7611-5144
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Keerthy Sunder17 Karma Doctors & Karma TMS, and Suder Foundation, Palm Springs, CA, USA;18 Department of Medicine, University of California, Riverside School of Medicine, Riverside, CA, USA
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Nicole Jafari19 Department of Human Development, California State University at Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, USA;20 Division of Personalized Medicine, Cross-Cultural Research and Educational Institute, San Clemente, CA, USA
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Foojan Zeine21 Awareness Integration Institute, San Clemente, CA, USA;22 Department of Health Science, California State University at Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0009-0006-7709-5580
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Rajendra D Badgaiyan23 Department of Psychiatry, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5586-5114
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Debmalya Barh24 Centre for Genomics and Applied Gene Technology, Institute of Integrative Omics and Applied Biotechnology (IIOAB), Purba Medinipur, WB, 721172, India;25 Departamento de Genética, Ecologia e Evolução, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, 31270-901, Brazil
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Milan Makale26 Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0819, USA
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Kevin T Murphy27 Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Kenneth Blum1 Department of Molecular Biology, Adelson School of Medicine, Ariel University, Ariel, 40700, Israel;7 Division of Addiction Research & Education, Center for Sports, Exercise, and Mental Health, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA, 91766, USA;10 Division of Reward Deficiency Clinics, TranspliceGen Therapeutics, Inc, Austin, TX, USA;12 Division of Clinical Neurology, The Kenneth Blum Institute of Neurogenetics & Behavior, LLC, Austin, TX, USA;18 Department of Medicine, University of California, Riverside School of Medicine, Riverside, CA, USA;20 Division of Personalized Medicine, Cross-Cultural Research and Educational Institute, San Clemente, CA, USA;24 Centre for Genomics and Applied Gene Technology, Institute of Integrative Omics and Applied Biotechnology (IIOAB), Purba Medinipur, WB, 721172, India;28 Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont School of Medicine, Burlington, VA, USA;29 Institute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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Pages 4839-4857 | Received 30 Jul 2023, Accepted 14 Nov 2023, Published online: 30 Nov 2023

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