Litter gender composition and sex affect maternal behavior and DNA methylation levels of the Oprm1 gene in rat offspring

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue MAY, 2011, Pages

  Hao, Yanli ^a,b   Huang, Wen ^a,b   Nielsen, David A ^a,b   Kosten, Therese A ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment behavior; Creb; Epigenetics; Female; Mu opioid

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LATENT PERIOD; LICKING; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OPRM1 GENE; PROGENY; PROMOTER REGION; PUP (RODENT); PUTAMEN; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

EID: 84866763695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2011.00021     Document Type: Article

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