Epigenetic programming of neurodegenerative diseases by an adverse environment

Brain Research

Volumn 1444, Issue , 2012, Pages 96-111

  Babenko, Olena ^a,b   Kovalchuk, Igor ^a   Metz, Gerlinde A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Epigenetics; Huntington's disease; Methylation; miRNA; Multiple sclerosis; Parkinson's disease; Stress

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICRORNA;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BEHAVIOR; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STRESS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; HISTONES; HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; RATS;

EID: 84857782880     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.01.038     Document Type: Review

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