Epigenetics and memory: Causes, consequences and treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder and addiction

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 73-84

  Pizzimenti, C L ^a   Lattal, K M ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Amygdala; Behavior; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Extinction; Fear conditioning; Histone acetylation; Medial prefrontal cortex; PTSD; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COCAINE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR ANTAGONIST; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAMORPHINE; DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; ENKEPHALIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HISTONE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR; HYDROCORTISONE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; TRICHOSTATIN A; VORINOSTAT;

ADDICTION; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONDITIONING; DNA METHYLATION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG TARGETING; EPIGENETICS; FEAR; FOOTSHOCK; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL DISEASE; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; RELAPSE; REVIEW; STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; AMYGDALA; ANIMAL; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; MEMORY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84922678357     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12187     Document Type: Review

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