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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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Human-specific hypomethylation of CENPJ, a key brain size regulator.

TL;DR: The hypomethylation and comparatively high expression of CENPJ in the central nervous system of humans suggest that a human-specific--and likely heritable--epigenetic modification likely occurred during human evolution, potentially leading to a much larger neural progenitor pool during human brain development, which may have eventually contributed to the dramatically enlarged brain and highly developed cognitive abilities associated with humans.

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TL;DR: Theoretique de l’optique géométrique : rayon lumineux 2.1.1 Approximation des régimes quasi-permanents 4.2 Éléments de circuits linéaires en régime continu ou quasi-Permanent 4.3 Régime transitoire 4.5 Filtrage linéaire 4.6 Amplificateur opérationnel.
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Genome-wide DNA methylation in suicide victims revealing impact on gene expression.

TL;DR: A preliminary methylation study with single base pair resolution using NGS on one of the world populations with a very high suicide risk offering novel insights into altered methylation patterns in suicide victims could provide a starting point for further studies on clinical samples with highly expressed suicide risk.
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Behavioral Genetics and Animal Domestication

TL;DR: In this chapter, domestication is defined as a genetic process, whereby animals change phenotypically and genetically as a response to living under human supervision, through a combination of relaxed natural selection, increased human selection, and correlated responses.
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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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DNA methylation patterns and epigenetic memory

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Epigenetic regulation of gene expression: how the genome integrates intrinsic and environmental signals

TL;DR: Advances in the understanding of the mechanism and role of DNA methylation in biological processes are reviewed, showing that epigenetic mechanisms seem to allow an organism to respond to the environment through changes in gene expression.
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