CB1-receptor knockout neonatal mice are protected against ethanol-induced impairments of DNMT1, DNMT3A, and DNA methylation

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 429-442

  Nagre, Nagaraja N ^a   Subbanna, Shivakumar ^a   Shivakumar, Madhu ^a   Psychoyos, Delphine ^b   Basavarajappa, Balapal S ^a,c,d  

^a NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

caspase 3; CB1R; epigenetics; fetal alcohol spectrum disorder; methyltransferase; neuronal loss

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CASPASE 3; DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE 1;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIGENETICS; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING DISORDER; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; C57BL MOUSE; DEFICIENCY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

MUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; ETHANOL; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1;

EID: 84922672989     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jnc.13006     Document Type: Article

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