Epigenetic mechanisms and memory strength: A comparative study

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 108, Issue 4-6, 2014, Pages 278-285

  Federman, Noel ^a   Zalcman, Gisela ^a   de la Fuente, Verónica ^a   Fustiñana, Maria Sol ^b   Romano, Arturo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chromatin modifications; Gene expression; Histone acetylation; Long term memory; Memory persistence

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; HISTONE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; HISTONE H3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRICHOSTATIN A;

CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRAB; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RECOGNITION; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ACETYLATION; ANIMAL; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; HUMAN; MEMORY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; HISTONES; HUMANS; MEMORY; NF-KAPPA B;

EID: 84918794289     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: 17697115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2014.06.003     Document Type: Review

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