Sex differences in epigenetic mechanisms may underlie risk and resilience for mental health disorders

Epigenetics

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 857-861

  Jessen, Heather M ^a   Auger, Anthony P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Autism; DNA methylation; DNMT; NCoR; Rett syndrome; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; COREPRESSOR PROTEIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EMOTION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GROOMING; MATERNAL CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHYLATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RETT SYNDROME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIMULATION; SOCIOPATHY; SYNAPSE; TACTILE STIMULATION;

EID: 79960114775     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.6.7.16517     Document Type: Article

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