Neuroepigenetics of stress

Neuroscience

Volumn 275, Issue , 2014, Pages 420-435

  Griffiths, B B ^a   Hunter, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Developmental programing; DNA methylation; Histone modifications; HPA axis; Non coding RNA

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DNA; GLUCOCORTICOID; HISTONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AVERSION; BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC STRESS; COGNITION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA MODIFICATION; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC CODE; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIFESPAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS; BRAIN; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84904260331     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.06.041     Document Type: Review

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