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Psychology and Trauma
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trauma. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2012; 69: 722-731.
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P.G. Roma, et al. Effects of cross-fostering on cocaine-induced
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J.M. Schwarz, et al. Early-life experience decreases drug-induced
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Y. Liu, et al. Depression in pregnancy, infant birth weight and DNA
methylation of imprint regulatory elements. Epigenetics 2012; 7:
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J. Elia, et al. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder genomics:
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Chapter 7: Epigenetic Risks and Medicine,
Drugs
Addicitive Drugs and Alcohol
J.A. Colacino, et al. Pretreatment dietary intake is associated with
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S.L. Youngentob & J.I. Glendinning. Fetal ethanol exposure increases
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epigenetic changes in the human hippocampus chronically exposed to
cocaine and alcohol. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108: 6626-6631.
W. Renthal, et al. Delta FosB mediates epigenetic desensitization of the
c-fos gene after chronic amphetamine exposure. J Neurosci 2008; 28:
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transporter gene in alcohol-dependent patients is associated with age.
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epigenetic programming of anti-inflammatory IL-10 expression. J Neurosci
2011; 31: 17835-17847.
V. Pastor, et al. Histone deacetylase inhibition decreases preference
without affecting aversion for nicotine. J Neurochem 2011; 116: 636-645.
M. Pascual, et al. Impact of TLR4 on behavioral and cognitive
dysfunctions associated with alcohol-induced neuroinflammatory damage.
Brain Behav Immun 2011; 25 Suppl 1: S80-91.
Prescribed Drugs
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M.M. Brouwers, et al. Hypospadias: a transgenerational effect of
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R.R. Newbold, et al. Adverse effects of the model environmental estrogen
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M. Fukuchi, et al. Valproic acid induces up- or down-regulation of gene
expression responsible for the neuronal excitation and inhibition in rat
cortical neurons through its epigenetic actions. Neurosci Res 2009; 65:
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T.C. Karagiannis, et al. The epigenetic modifier, valproic acid,
enhances radiation sensitivity. Epigenetics 2006; 1: 131-137.
B. Monti, et al. Biochemical, molecular and epigenetic mechanisms of
valproic acid neuroprotection. Current molecular pharmacology 2009; 2:
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L. Travaglini, et al. Epigenetic reprogramming of breast cancer cells by
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E.W. Tung & L.M. Winn. Epigenetic modifications in valproic
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Cancer
P. Blancafort, et al. Writing and rewriting the epigenetic code of
cancer cells: from engineered proteins to small molecules. Mol Pharmacol
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J.A. Colacino, et al. Pretreatment dietary intake is associated with
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carcinomas. Epigenetics 2012; 7: 883-891.
A. Papi, et al. Epigenetic modifiers as anticancer drugs: effectiveness
of valproic acid in neural crest-derived tumor cells. Anticancer Res
2010; 30: 535-540.
R. Verma, et al. In vitro profiling of epigenetic modifications
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Disease and Miscellaneous
T. Schlinzig, et al. Epigenetic modulation at birth - altered
DNA-methylation in white blood cells after Caesarean section. Acta
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A. Esteki-Zadeh, et al. Human cytomegalovirus infection is sensitive to
the host cell DNA methylation state and alters global DNA methylation
capacity. Epigenetics 2012; 7: 585-593.
K.M. Bakulski, et al. Genome-wide DNA methylation differences between
late-onset Alzheimer's disease and cognitively normal controls in human
frontal cortex. J Alzheimers Dis 2012; 29: 571-588.
L. Gong, et al. Gestational low protein diet in the rat mediates Igf2
gene expression in male offspring via altered hepatic DNA methylation.
Epigenetics 2010; 5: 619-626.
IVF
D. Lucifero, et al. Potential significance of genomic imprinting defects
for reproduction and assisted reproductive technology. Hum Reprod Update
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M.K. Skinner & M.D. Anway. Seminiferous cord formation and germ-cell
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H.Y. Zheng, et al. Study of DNA methylation patterns of imprinted genes
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Psychology/Psychiatry
H.M. Abdolmaleky, et al. Methylomics in psychiatry: Modulation of
gene-environment interactions may be through DNA methylation. Am J Med
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J. Auta, et al. DNA-methylation gene network dysregulation in peripheral
blood lymphocytes of schizophrenia patients. Schizophr Res 2013; 150:
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A.S. Brown & E.S. Susser. Prenatal nutritional deficiency and risk
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J.J. Byrnes, et al. Multigenerational effects of adolescent morphine
exposure on dopamine D2 receptor function. Psychopharmacology (Berl)
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L. Chouliaras, et al. Histone deacetylase 2 in the mouse hippocampus:
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L. Chouliaras, et al. Age-related increase in levels of
5-hydroxymethylcytosine in mouse hippocampus is prevented by caloric
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T.J. Crow. 'The missing genes: what happened to the heritability of
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T.J. Crow. Schizophrenia as variation in the sapiens-specific epigenetic
instruction to the embryo. Clin Genet 2012; 81: 319-324.
T. Delport & I. Pollard. Changing perspective on obesity: genetic
and environmental health consequences in the offspring. Eubios Journal
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B.G. Dias & K.J. Ressler. Parental olfactory experience influences
behavior and neural structure in subsequent generations. Nat Neurosci
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E. Dong, et al. Upregulation of TET1 and downregulation of APOBEC3A and
APOBEC3C in the parietal cortex of psychotic patients. Transl Psychiatry
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J. Elia, et al. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder genomics:
update for clinicians. Curr Psychiatry Rep 2012; 14: 579-589.
C. Ernst, et al. Alternative splicing, methylation state, and expression
profile of tropomyosin-related kinase B in the frontal cortex of suicide
completers. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2009; 66: 22-32.
K. Fekete, et al. Perinatal folate supply: relevance in health outcome
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D.P. Gavin & S. Akbarian. Epigenetic and post-transcriptional
dysregulation of gene expression in schizophrenia and related disease.
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Chapter 8: Environmental Epigenetics and Risk
Assessment/Remediation
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C. Guerrero-Bosagna, et al. Environmentally induced epigenetic
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J. Guthman & B. Mansfield. The implications of environmental
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Chapter 9: Epigenetics: The Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory
Challenges
T. Delport & I. Pollard. Changing
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C. Dupras, et al. Epigenetics and the Environment in Bioethics.
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M.H. Johnson. The problematic in-vitro embryo in the age of epigenetics.
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M. Loi, et al. Social Epigenetics and Equality of Opportunity. Public
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M.A. Rothstein, et al. The ghost in our genes: legal and ethical
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M.A. Rothstein, et al. Ethical implications of epigenetics research. Nat
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D. Ziech, et al. The role of epigenetics in environmental and
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L. Daxinger & E. Whitelaw. Understanding transgenerational
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F. Khan. Preserving human potential as freedom: a framework for
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R. Chadwick & A. O'Connor. Epigenetics and personalized medicine:
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G. Gestri, et al. Six3 functions in anterior neural plate specification
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M. Hedlund. Epigenetic Responsibility. Medicine Studies 2012; 3:
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C.J. Weiner. Transgenerational Tort Liability for Epigenetic Disease.
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J. Guthman & B. Mansfield. The implications of environmental
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