Epigenetics-beyond the genome in alcoholism

Alcohol Research and Health

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 293-305

  Starkman, Bela G ^a   Sakharkar, Amul J ^a   Pandey, Subhash C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use disorders; Alcoholism; Amygdala; Brain; Chromatin; DNA; DNA methylation; DNA methyltransferase; Epigenetics; Epigenome; Genetic factors; Genome; Histone; Histone acetyltranferase; Histone deacetylase; Neuronal circuits; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870194606     PISSN: 15357414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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