Article
Epigenetic mechanisms underlying learning and the inheritance of learned behaviors.
Trends in neurosciences - 1 Feb 2015
Dias Brian G, Maddox Stephanie, Klengel Torsten, Ressler Kerry J
Abstract excerpt
Gene expression and regulation is an important sculptor of the behavior of organisms. Epigenetic mechanisms regulate gene expression not by altering the genetic alphabet but rather by the addition of chemical modifications to proteins associated with the alphabet or of methyl marks to the alphabet itself. Being dynamic, epigenetic mechanisms of gene regulation serve as an important bridge between environmental...
Topics
- Animals
- Behavior
- Epigenesis, Genetic
- Fear
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Humans
- Learning
- Phenotype
