DNA methylation profiling at single-base resolution reveals gestational folic acid supplementation influences the epigenome of mouse offspring cerebellum

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue MAY, 2016, Pages

  Barua, Subit ^a,b   Kuizon, Salomon ^a   Brown, W Ted ^a   Junaid, Mohammed A ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Brain development; Cerebellum; DNA methylation; Folic acid; Gestational development; Psychiatric disease

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE; DNA; DNA BASE; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GESTATION PERIOD; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 85034845777     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2016.00168     Document Type: Article

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