Neonatal inhibition of DNA methylation alters cell phenotype in sexually dimorphic regions of the mouse brain

Endocrinology

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1838-1848

  Mosley, Morgan ^a   Weathington, Jill ^a   Cortes, Laura R ^a   Bruggeman, Emily ^a   Castillo Ruiz, Alexandra ^a   Xue, Bingzhong ^a   Forger, Nancy G ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ZEBULARINE; CYTIDINE; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; PYRIMIDIN-2-ONE BETA-RIBOFURANOSIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL DENSITY; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PYRIFORM CORTEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; WEANING; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BRAIN; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; CYTIDINE; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85020211756     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2017-00205     Document Type: Article

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