Alcohol exposure during development: Impact on the epigenome

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 391-397

  Perkins, Amy ^a   Lehmann, Claudia ^a   Lawrence, R Charles ^a   Kelly, Sandra J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; Hippocampus

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TERATOGENESIS;

ALCOHOL-RELATED NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ARND; BAC; BDNF; BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CNS; CROSSING THRESHOLD; CT; DIFFERENTIALLY METHYLATED REGION; DMR; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNMT; EPIGENETICS; ET; ETHANOL-EXPOSED GROUP; FAS; FASD; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GD; GESTATIONAL DAY; HAT; HDAC; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; IC; INTUBATED CONTROL GROUP; MBDS; MECP2; METHYL BINDING DOMAINS; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; NC; NON-TREATED CONTROL GROUP; PD; PFC; POSTNATAL DAY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84880041862     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: 1873474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2013.03.010     Document Type: Article

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