CRACKing the histone code: Cocaine's effects on chromatin structure and function

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 321-330

  LaPlant, Quincey ^a   Nestler, Eric J ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Chromatin remodeling; Cocaine; Desensitization; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Gene priming; Histone acetylation; Histone methylation; Nucleus accumbens

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; HISTONE; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BIOINFORMATICS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN FUNCTION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; COCAINE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HISTONES;

EID: 79952343120     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.05.015     Document Type: Review

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