An epigenetic mechanism mediates developmental nicotine effects on neuronal structure and behavior

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 905-914

  Jung, Yonwoo ^a   Hsieh, Lawrence S ^a   Lee, Angela M ^a   Zhou, Zhifeng ^b   Coman, Daniel ^a   Heath, Christopher J ^a,c   Hyder, Fahmeed ^a,d   Mineur, Yann S ^a   Yuan, Qiaoping ^b   Goldman, David ^b   Bordey, Angelique ^a   Picciotto, Marina R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; LYSINE; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINE; ASH2L PROTEIN, HUMAN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASH2L GENE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SLICE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EPIGENETICS; EXPOSURE; GENE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTONE METHYLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHYLATION;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; METHYLATION; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NICOTINE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84973138003     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.4315     Document Type: Article

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