Brain, behavior and epigenetics
Biomedical research in the first decade of the 21st century has been marked by a rapidly growing interest in epigenetics. The reasons for this are numerous, but primarily it stems from the mounting realization that research programs focused solely on DNA sequence variation, despite their breadth and...
| Other Authors: | Petronis, Arturas., Mill, Jonathan., SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Heidelberg ; New York :
Springer,
2011.
Heidelberg ; New York : 2011. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xvi, 317 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series: |
Epigenetics and human health.
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Table of Contents:
- 1 Posttranslational Histone Modificationsand the Neurobiology of Psychosis; 2 Epigenetic Regulation of GABAergic Targets in Psychiatry; 3 Possible Roles of DNA Methylation in Bipolar Disorder; 4 The Epigenetics of Depression and Suicide; 5 Epidemiology Research and Epigenetics:Translational Epidemiology of Schizophrenia; 6 Environmental Studies as a Tool for DetectingEpigenetic Mechanisms in Schizophrenia; 7 Imprinting, Inactivation and the Behavioural Geneticsof the X Chromosome; 8 The Strategies of the Genes: Genomic Conflicts, Attachment Theory, and Development of the Social Brain.
- 9 Genomic Imprinting Effects on Brain and Behavior:Future Directions10 Epigenetic Influence of the Social Environment; 11 Toward an Understanding of the Dynamic Interdependenceof Genes and Environment in the Regulation of Phenotype; 12 Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors: A Novel TherapeuticApproach for Cognitive Disorders; 13 Epigenetic Mechanisms of Memory Consolidation; 14 Epigenetic Mechanisms in Memory Formation; Glossary; Index.