Turning over DNA methylation in the mind

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue JUL, 2015, Pages

  Lister, Ryan ^a,b   Mukamel, Eran A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Demethylation; DNA methylation; Epigenome; Learning; Memory

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE; DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; GENOMIC DNA;

BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL SPECIFICITY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA METHYLOME; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPIGENETICS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENOME; HUMAN; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECALL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84938543389     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00252     Document Type: Review

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