Epigenetic effects of stress and corticosteroids in the brain

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue APRIL 2012, 2012, Pages 1-20

  Hunter, Richard G ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain development; Corticosteroids; Epigenetics; Glucocorticoid receptor; Stress

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HISTONE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; HISTONE DEMETHYLASE; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICRORNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; CPG ISLAND; CRH GENE; DNA METHYLATION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EPIGENETICS; FEAR; GENE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; HISTONE PHOSPHORYLATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL STRESS; REVIEW; SOCIAL DEFEAT STRESS; SOCIAL STRESS; STRESS;

EID: 84859452682     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2012.00018     Document Type: Review

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