Emerging roles of epigenetic mechanisms in the enduring effects of early-life stress and experience on learning and memory

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-88

  McClelland, Shawn ^a   Korosi, Aniko ^a   Cope, Jessica ^a   Ivy, Autumn ^a   Baram, Tallie Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing hormone; Glucocorticoids; Hippocampus; Maternal care; Neonatal; Neuroplasticity; Programming; Resilience

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DNA;

ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; DNA METHYLATION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EPIGENETICS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LEARNING; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79958014482     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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