Andrew J Kennedy, Gabriella N L Chua

Epigenetic Mechanisms in the Brain

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Epigenetic Mechanisms in the Brain provides recent findings in the field of neuroepigenetics, covering how our genes encode our memories, transmit information about stressful events, and play a part in our addictions. This book helps to unlock these abstract processes, with a forward goal of improving individualized treatments.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Health Sciences
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780128164976
• ISBN-10: 0128164972
• Artikelnr.: 58305809

Autorenporträt

Andrew J. Kennedy is at Bates College, Lewiston, ME, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. What Qualifies as Epigenetic? 2. Lost in the Histone Code 3. The Prima
Donna 4. How Neurons Use the Epigenome 5. Epigenetics in a Postmitotic Cell
6. Metaplasticity 7. Our Genes are as Plastic as Our Neurons 8. Long-term
Memory formation 9. Stress 10. Addiction 11. Common Features of Regulation
Across Epigenetic Marks 12. Transgenerational Memory 13. Inheriting Stress
14. Imprinted Cognitive Effects 15. Inheriting Spatial Cognition 16.
Experience May Direct Evolution 17. Forgiving Lamarck 18. Epigenetics
Guides Mutations 19. Editing and Drugging the Epigenome 20. Unique
Pharmacokinetics 21. Ethical Concerns 22. Rewriting the Epigenome and the
Past