[HTML][HTML] Divergent neuronal DNA methylation patterns across human cortical development reveal critical periods and a unique role of CpH methylation

AJ Price, L Collado-Torres, NA Ivanov, W Xia, EE Burke… - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
Background DNA methylation (DNAm) is a critical regulator of both development and
cellular identity and shows unique patterns in neurons. To better characterize maturational …

Neuronal activity modifies the DNA methylation landscape in the adult brain

JU Guo, DK Ma, H Mo, MP Ball, MH Jang… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
DNA methylation has been traditionally viewed as a highly stable epigenetic mark in
postmitotic cells. However, postnatal brains appear to show stimulus-induced methylation …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide divergence of DNA methylation marks in cerebral and cerebellar cortices

Y Xin, B Chanrion, MM Liu, H Galfalvy, R Costa… - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background Emerging evidence suggests that DNA methylation plays an expansive role in
the central nervous system (CNS). Large-scale whole genome DNA methylation profiling of …

Role of CpG context and content in evolutionary signatures of brain DNA methylation

Y Xin, AH O'Donnell, Y Ge, B Chanrion, M Milekic… - Epigenetics, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
DNA methylation is essential in brain function and behavior; therefore, understanding the
role of DNA methylation in brain-based disorders begins with the study of DNA methylation …

[HTML][HTML] Human brain region-specific variably methylated regions are enriched for heritability of distinct neuropsychiatric traits

LF Rizzardi, PF Hickey, A Idrizi, R Tryggvadóttir… - Genome biology, 2021 - Springer
Background DNA methylation dynamics in the brain are associated with normal
development and neuropsychiatric disease and differ across functionally distinct brain …

Global epigenomic reconfiguration during mammalian brain development

R Lister, EA Mukamel, JR Nery, M Urich, CA Puddifoot… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Introduction Several lines of evidence point to a key role for dynamic epigenetic changes
during brain development, maturation, and learning. DNA methylation (mC) is a stable …

Methylomic trajectories across human fetal brain development

H Spiers, E Hannon, LC Schalkwyk, R Smith… - Genome …, 2015 - genome.cshlp.org
Epigenetic processes play a key role in orchestrating transcriptional regulation during
development. The importance of DNA methylation in fetal brain development is highlighted …

Emerging insights into the distinctive neuronal methylome

AW Clemens, HW Gabel - Trends in Genetics, 2020 - cell.com
The genomes of mammalian neurons are enriched for unique forms of DNA methylation,
including exceptionally high levels of non-CG methylation. Here, we review recent studies …

[HTML][HTML] Functional annotation of the human brain methylome identifies tissue-specific epigenetic variation across brain and blood

MN Davies, M Volta, R Pidsley, K Lunnon, A Dixit… - Genome biology, 2012 - Springer
Background Dynamic changes to the epigenome play a critical role in establishing and
maintaining cellular phenotype during differentiation, but little is known about the normal …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell DNA methylome and 3D multi-omic atlas of the adult mouse brain

H Liu, Q Zeng, J Zhou, A Bartlett, BA Wang, P Berube… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Cytosine DNA methylation is essential in brain development and is implicated in various
neurological disorders. Understanding DNA methylation diversity across the entire brain in a …