Exploring epigenetic regulation of fear memory and biomarkers associated with post-traumatic stress disorder

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Maddox, Stephanie A ^a,b   Schafe, Glenn ^c   Ressler, Kerry ^a,b,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Biomarkers; Consolidation; Extinction; Fear Memory; PTSD; Reconsolidation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; BUTYRIC ACID; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN BINDING PROTEIN; DOPAMINE; E1A ASSOCIATED P300 PROTEIN; FK 506 BINDING PROTEIN; FK 506 BINDING PROTEIN 5; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE PCAF; HISTONE H1; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; I KAPPA B; MESSENGER RNA; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VORINOSTAT;

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUDITORY FEAR MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EPIGENETICS; EXON; FEAR; FKBP5 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; HISTONE PHOSPHORYLATION; HOMER1A GENE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LATERAL AMYGDALA; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; NR3C1 GENE; PHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PP1 GENE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLC6A3 GENE; SLC6A4 GENE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; ZIF268 GENE;

EID: 84884564612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00062     Document Type: Article

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