Epigenetic down regulation of nerve growth factor during alcohol withdrawal

Addiction Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 508-510

  Heberlein, Annemarie ^a,b   Muschler, Marc ^a   Frieling, Helge ^a,b   Behr, Michael ^b   Eberlein, Christian ^a   Wilhelm, Julia ^a,b   Gröschl, Michael ^b   Kornhuber, Johannes ^b   Bleich, Stefan ^a,b   Hillemacher, Thomas ^a,b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol withdrawal; epigenetic regulation; nerve growth factor; NGF

Indexed keywords

CYTOSIN PHOSPHATIDYLGUANIN; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DOWN REGULATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHYLATION; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ALCOHOLISM; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN-REGULATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 84876107858     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2010.00307.x     Document Type: Article

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