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Epigenetic codes in cognition and behaviour.

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Recent findings on the role and mechanisms of epigenetic codes in the brain are described, and their implication in synaptic plasticity, cognitive functions and psychiatric disorders are discussed.
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This article is published in Behavioural Brain Research.The article was published on 2008-09-01. It has received 260 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Epigenetic code & Epigenetics.

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Histone Acetylation and Deacetylation

TL;DR: The acetylation and deacetylation of the N-terminal tails of histones (the core protein component of chromatin) represents an important epigenetic mechanism which affects chromatin structure and, ultimately genomic response, via gene expression.
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Natural compound-derived epigenetic regulators targeting epigenetic readers, writers and erasers.

TL;DR: Recent studies focusing on certain epigenetic readers, writers, and erasers associated with cancer development are summarized and how newly discovered natural compounds and their derivatives could interact with these targets are summarized.
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Epigenetic mechanisms underlying extinction of memory and drug-seeking behavior

TL;DR: Recent advances in understanding of how epigenetic mechanisms contribute to the formation of long-term memory and drug-seeking behavior are discussed and potentially how to apply that knowledge to the extinction of memory anddrug-seekingbehavior is discussed.
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Detection of Transgenerational Spermatogenic Inheritance of Adult Male Acquired CNS Gene Expression Characteristics Using a Drosophila Systems Model

TL;DR: For the first time, detection of transgenerational spermatogenic inheritance of adult acquired somatic gene expression characteristic of PTZ induced gene expression phenotype acquired by adult Drosophila males is reported.

The biocognitive spectrum : biological cognition as variations on sensorimotor coordination

TL;DR: Van Duijns dissertatie is that the fylogenetische basis of biocognitie ligt in sensorimotor coordininatie: het vermogen van organismen om zich voort te bewegen and zich orienteren in hun omgeving om zo de externe factoren voor hun metabolisme te optimaliseren.
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A synaptic model of memory: long-term potentiation in the hippocampus

TL;DR: The best understood form of long-term potentiation is induced by the activation of the N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor complex, which allows electrical events at the postsynaptic membrane to be transduced into chemical signals which, in turn, are thought to activate both pre- and post Synaptic mechanisms to generate a persistent increase in synaptic strength.
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Chromatin Modifications and Their Function

TL;DR: The surface of nucleosomes is studded with a multiplicity of modifications that can dictate the higher-order chromatin structure in which DNA is packaged and can orchestrate the ordered recruitment of enzyme complexes to manipulate DNA.
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Translating the Histone Code

TL;DR: It is proposed that this epigenetic marking system represents a fundamental regulatory mechanism that has an impact on most, if not all, chromatin-templated processes, with far-reaching consequences for cell fate decisions and both normal and pathological development.
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Epigenetic regulation of gene expression: how the genome integrates intrinsic and environmental signals

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