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Epigenetics / edited by Subhash C. Pandey

Published:
Waltham, Massachusetts : Elsevier, 2014.
Copyright Date:
©2014
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (347 pages) : illustrations
Additional Creators:
Pandey, Subhash C.
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Machine generated contents note: 1.Environmental Alterations of Epigenetics Prior to the Birth / Feng C. Zhou -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Manifestation of Environmental Factors -- 3.Mechanisms of Environmentally Induced Epigenetic Changes -- 4.Effect of Epigenetic Alterations on Neurodevelopment -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 2.Transgenerational Epigenetics and Brain Disorders / Dipak K. Sarkar -- 1.Introduction to Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance -- 2.Epigenetics and Epigenetic Processes -- 3.Evidence for Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance -- 4.Germline-Independent Epigenetic Inheritance -- 5.Germline-Dependent Epigenetic Transmission -- 6.Transgenerational Epigenetic Effects on Brain Disorders -- 7.Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgment -- References -- 3.The Epigenetic Landscape of Alcoholism / Subhash C. Pandey -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Epigenetic Regulation due to Histone Covalent Modifications -- 3.Epigenetic Regulation due to DNA Methylation -- 4.Genome-Wide Approaches to Understand the Basis of Alcoholism -- 5.Using Invertebrate Models to Study the Basis of Ethanol Phenotypes -- 6.Inheritance of a Drug Phenotype -- 7.Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 4.Epigenetic Regulatory Mechanisms in Stress-Induced Behavior / Arvind Kumar -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Stress-Induced Neural and Behavioral changes in Adulthood and the Epigenetic Mechanisms Involved -- 3.DNA Methylation and Demethylation in Stress-Induced Neural and Behavioral Responses -- 4.Role of Noncoding RNAs in Epigenetic Regulation of Stress-Mediated Effects -- 5.Early-Life Stress-Induced Adult Onset Behavioral Disorders and the Epigenetic Mechanisms Involved -- 6.Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 5.Epigenetics of Schizophrenia: An Open and Shut Case / Christina Floreani -- 1.Introduction -- 2.An Epigenetics Primer -- 3.Heterochromatization -- 4.Euchromatization -- 5.Schizophrenia and Epigenetics -- 6.Fulfilling the Promise of Epigenetics in Schizophrenia -- 7.Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Further Reading -- 6.Epigenetic Mechanisms in Autism Spectrum Disorder / Dennis R. Grayson -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Molecular Aspects of Epigenetic Mechanisms -- 3.Genetic Defects with Epigenetic Implications -- 4.Epigenetic Dysregulation of ASD Candidate Genes -- 5.Environmental Model of Autism -- 6.Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Further Reading -- 7.MicroRNAs and Ethanol Toxicity / Rajesh C. Miranda -- 1.Introduction -- 2.miRNAs and Their Biogenesis -- 3.Mechanisms of miRNA Function -- 4.miRNAs as Mediators of Ethanol Effects in Developing and Adult Tissues -- 5.miRNA-Mediated Transgenerational Inheritance of Information: A Novel Mechanism for Transgenerational Transfer of Epimutations? -- 6.Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References.
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ISBN:
9780128014721 (e-book)
0128014725 (e-book)
9780128013113
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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