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Obesity Weighs down Memory through a Mechanism Involving the Neuroepigenetic Dysregulation of Sirt1
27 Jan 2016
Abstract excerpt
Aberrant gene expression within the hippocampus has recently been implicated in the pathogenesis of obesity-induced memory impairment. Whether a dysregulation of epigenetic modifications mediates this disruption in gene transcription has yet to be established. Here we report evidence of obesity-induced alterations in DNA methylation of memory-associated genes, including Sirtuin 1 (Sirt1), within the hippocampus,...
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