Epigenetic modification of hippocampal Bdnf DNA in adult rats in an animal model of post-traumatic stress disorder

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 919-926

  Roth, Tania L ^a,b   Zoladz, Phillip R ^c   Sweatt, J David ^b   Diamond, David M ^d,e,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Brain derived neurotrophic factor (Bdnf) gene; DNA methylation; Epigenetic; Hippocampus; Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79958765149     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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