DNA methylation markers in the postnatal developing rat brain

RK Simmons, SA Stringfellow, ME Glover, AA Wagle… - Brain research, 2013 - Elsevier
In spite of intense interest in how altered epigenetic processes including DNA methylation
may contribute to psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders, there is a limited …

Regional-specific global cytosine methylation and DNA methyltransferase expression in the adult rat hippocampus

SE Brown, ICG Weaver, MJ Meaney, M Szyf - Neuroscience letters, 2008 - Elsevier
Recent observations suggest that DNA methylation plays an important role in memory and
long-term potentiation (LTP) in the hippocampus and is involved in programming the …

Characterizing the dynamic and functional DNA methylation landscape in the developing human cortex

KA Perzel Mandell, AJ Price, R Wilton… - Epigenetics, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT DNA methylation (DNAm) is a key epigenetic regulator of gene expression
across development. The developing prenatal brain is a highly dynamic tissue, but our …

Dynamic expression of de novo DNA methyltransferases Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b in the central nervous system

J Feng, H Chang, E Li, G Fan - Journal of neuroscience …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
To explore the role of DNA methylation in the brain, we examined the expression pattern of
de novo DNA methyltransferases Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b in the mouse central nervous system …

Developmental changes and sex differences in DNA methylation and demethylation in hypothalamic regions of the mouse brain

CD Cisternas, LR Cortes, EC Bruggeman, B Yao… - Epigenetics, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT DNA methylation is dynamically modulated during postnatal brain development,
and plays a key role in neuronal lineage commitment. This epigenetic mark has also …

The role of DNA methylation in the central nervous system and neuropsychiatric disorders

J Feng, G Fan - International review of neurobiology, 2009 - Elsevier
DNA methylation is an epigenetic mechanism in which the methyl group is covalently
coupled to the C5 position of the cytosine residue of CpG dinucleotides. DNA methylation …

Evolution of DNA methylation in the human brain

H Jeong, I Mendizabal, S Berto, P Chatterjee… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
DNA methylation is a critical regulatory mechanism implicated in development, learning,
memory, and disease in the human brain. Here we have elucidated DNA methylation …

DNA methylation profile dynamics of tissue-dependent and differentially methylated regions during mouse brain development

K Hirabayashi, K Shiota, S Yagi - BMC genomics, 2013 - Springer
Background Tissues and their component cells have unique DNA methylation profiles
comprising DNA methylation patterns of tissue-dependent and differentially methylated …

[PDF][PDF] Parent-of-origin DNA methylation dynamics during mouse development

Y Stelzer, H Wu, Y Song, CS Shivalila, S Markoulaki… - Cell reports, 2016 - cell.com
Parent-specific differentially methylated regions (DMRs) are established during
gametogenesis and regulate parent-specific expression of imprinted genes. Monoallelic …

DNA methyltransferases1 (DNMT1) and 3a (DNMT3a) colocalize with GAD67‐positive neurons in the GAD67‐GFP mouse brain

B Kadriu, A Guidotti, Y Chen… - Journal of Comparative …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
DNA methylation is an epigenetic regulatory mechanism commonly associated with
transcriptional silencing. DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) are a family of related proteins …