Hpa axis gene expression and DNA methylation profiles in rats exposed to early life stress, adult voluntary ethanol drinking and single housing

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JAN2016, 2016, Pages

  Todkar, Aniruddha ^a   Granholm, Linnea ^a   Aljumah, Mujtaba ^a   Nilsson, Kent W ^a   Comasco, Erika ^a   Nylander, Ingrid ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Early life stress; Ethanol; Gene expression; Housing; Hypothalamus; Pituitary gland; Rat

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; FK 506 BINDING PROTEIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; WATER;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS POTENTIAL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PUP (RODENT); PYROSEQUENCING; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REARING;

EID: 84957899760     PISSN: 16625099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2015.00090     Document Type: Article

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