Dynamic DNA methylation in the brain: A new epigenetic mark for experience-dependent plasticity

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue AUGUST, 2015, Pages

  Tognini, Paola ^a   Napoli, Debora ^b   Pizzorusso, Tommaso ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytosine hydroxylmethylation; Epigenetics; Gene transcription; Neurodevelopmental disorders; Ocular dominance plasticity

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 1;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EPIGENETICS; EXCISION REPAIR; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETT SYNDROME; REVIEW; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84940978989     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2015.00331     Document Type: Review

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