Epigenetics: What is it and why is it important to mental disease?

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-45

  Isles, Anthony R ^a   Wilkinson, Lawrence S ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angelman; DNA methylation; Gene expression; Gene environment interaction; Histone modifications; Imprinted genes; Prader Willi; Rett

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; TOXIN;

AUTISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; EXPOSURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME IMPRINTING; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETT SYNDROME; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TECHNIQUE;

BRAIN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HISTONES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 40849133970     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: 14718391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldn004     Document Type: Review

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