Epigenetic programming by maternal behavior

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 847-854

  Weaver, Ian C G ^a,b   Cervoni, Nadia ^b   Champagne, Frances A ^a,b   D'Alessio, Ana C ^b   Sharma, Shakti ^a   Seckl, Jonathan R ^c   Dymov, Sergiy ^b   Szyf, Moshe ^b   Meaney, Michael J ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HISTONE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACETYLATION; ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROOMING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LICKING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; RAT; STRESS;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROOMING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HISTONES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 3342989681     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1276     Document Type: Article

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