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The Emerging Field of Neuroepigenetics

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Sweatt, J. David·2013·Neuron

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Over the past 25 years, the broad field of epigenetics and, over the past decade in particular, the emerging field of neuroepigenetics have begun to have tremendous impact in the areas of learned behavior, neurotoxicology, CNS development, cognition, addiction, and psychopathology. However, epigenetics is such a new field that in most of these areas the impact is more in the category of fascinating implications as opposed to established facts. In this brief commentary, I will attempt to address and delineate some of the open questions and areas of opportunity that discoveries in epigenetics are providing to the discipline of neuroscience.

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  • Epigenetic regulation mediates direct epigenetic effects or gene-by-environment interactions and can lead to complex diseases.

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    The Introduction describes epigenetics as an interface between genes and environmental experience. Section 5 says epigenetic mechanisms may be relevant to multifactorial nervous-system diseases such as schizophrenia and depression, but it does not establish that they lead to complex diseases generally; the disease link is presented as a possibility. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Authors
Sweatt, J. D.
Affiliations
University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
Corresponding author
Sweatt, J. David
Venue
Neuron
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2013-10
Volume
80
Issue
3
Pages
624-632
ISSN
0896-6273 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2162596587
Cited by
324
References
73
Citations by year
2026: 15 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 18 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 24 · 2018: 32 · 2017: 49 · 2016: 42 · 2015: 42 · 2014: 26 · 2013: 1
FWCI
3.48
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Neuron (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute on Aging (R01AG031722)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH091122, R01MH057014)
  • National Institute of Nursing Research (R01NR012686)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (P30NS057098)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
Keywords
neuroepigenetics, epigenetics, learned behavior, neurotoxicology, central nervous system development, cognition, addiction, psychopathology
MeSH terms
Animals, Humans, Neurosciences, Epigenesis, Genetic, History, 20th Century, History, 21st Century, Epigenomics

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