Epigenetic upregulation of corticotrophin-releasing hormone mediates postnatal maternal separation-induced memory deficiency

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Aiyun ^a   Nie, Wenying ^a   Li, Haixia ^a   Hou, Yuhua ^a   Yu, Zhen ^a   Fan, Qing ^a   Sun, Ruopeng ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; CYTOSINE; HISTONE H3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BUTYL[2,5 DIMETHYL 7 (2,4,6 TRIMETHYLPHENYL) 7H PYRROLO[2,3 D]PYRIMIDIN 4 YL]ETHYLAMINE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; HISTONE; MESSENGER RNA; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRH GENE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENETIC REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HORMONE ACTION; MEMORY DISORDER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL MATERNAL SEPARATION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; UPREGULATION; ACETYLATION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MAZE TEST; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTONES; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PYRIMIDINES; PYRROLES; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84899545808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094394     Document Type: Article

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