DNA memories of early social life

Neuroscience

Volumn 264, Issue , 2014, Pages 64-75

  Hoffmann, A ^a   Spengler, D ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA memories; Early life adversity; Epigenetics; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN BINDING PROTEIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN; MICRORNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR INDUCIBLE FACTOR A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONNECTOME; CPG ISLAND; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOME; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MATERNAL CARE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEOSOME; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POSTNATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL STRESS;

5-HMC; 5-HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE; 5-MC; 5-METHYLCYTOSINE; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; AVP; CORTICOTROPHIN-RELEASING HORMONE; CRH; DNA MEMORIES; DNA METHYLATION; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASES; DNMT; EARLY LIFE ADVERSITY; ELA; EPIGENETICS; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GR; H3 LYSINE 9; H3K27; H3K9; HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1; HISTONE H3 LYSINE 27; HP1; HPA; HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-ADRENAL; HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-ADRENAL AXIS; LG; LICKING/GROOMING; MBD; METHYL-CPG BINDING DOMAIN; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MR; NCRNAS; NON-CODING RNAS; PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; PND; POSTNATAL DAY; PVN;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; MEMORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84895883231     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.04.003     Document Type: Review

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