Reversible histone methylation regulates brain gene expression and behavior

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 383-392

  Xu, Jun ^a   Andreassi, Megan ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Anxiety; Depression; Epigenetics; GABAergic; Hippocampus; Mental retardation; Neuron; Schizophrenia; Synapse

Indexed keywords

HISTONE DEMETHYLASE;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; CELL TYPE; CHROMATIN; DEMETHYLATION; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC REGULATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; HUMAN; JARID1C GENE; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYNAPSE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TURNER SYNDROME; UTX GENE; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

BRAIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTONES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; METHYLATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 79952709255     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.08.019     Document Type: Review

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