The interplay between DNA methylation, folate and neurocognitive development

Epigenomics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 863-879

  Irwin, Rachelle E ^a   Pentieva, Kristina ^a   Cassidy, Tony ^a   Lees Murdock, Diane J ^a   McLaughlin, Marian ^a   Prasad, Girijesh ^a   McNulty, Helene ^a   Walsh, Colum P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 hydroxymethylation; Barker hypothesis; DNMT1; DNMT3A; homocysteine; MeCP2; TET

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA METHYLATION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CELL MOTION; COGNITION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL MOVEMENT; COGNITION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FOLIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS;

EID: 84978222453     PISSN: 17501911     EISSN: 1750192X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/epi-2016-0003     Document Type: Review

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