Psychiatric disorders: A feat of epigenetic engineering

@article{Whalley2014PsychiatricDA,
  title={Psychiatric disorders: A feat of epigenetic engineering},
  author={Katherine Whalley},
  journal={Nature Reviews Neuroscience},
  year={2014},
  volume={15},
  pages={768-769}
}
  • K. Whalley
  • Published 1 December 2014
  • Psychology, Biology
  • Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Study uses in vivo gene-specific chromatin remodelling to elucidate the role of Fosb in addiction- and depression-related changes in the brain. 
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Locus-specific epigenetic remodeling controls addiction- and depression-related behaviors
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The mechanism linking chromatin dynamics to neurobiological phenomena is investigated by applying engineered transcription factors to selectively modify chromatin at a specific mouse gene in vivo and it is found that histone methylation or acetylation at the Fosb locus in nucleus accumbens, a brain reward region, was sufficient to control drug- and stress-evoked transcriptional and behavioral responses.