Epigenetic regulation of the glucocorticoid receptor promoter 17 in adult rats

Epigenetics

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1290-1301

  Witzmann, Simone R ^a,b   Turner, Jonathan D ^a,b   Meriaux, Sophie B ^a   Meijer, Onno C ^c   Muller, Claude P ^a,b  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adult rats; Behavioral epigenetics; DNA methylation; Glucocorticoid receptors; HPA axis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868358411     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.22363     Document Type: Article

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