Neuroprotective actions of dietary choline

JK Blusztajn, BE Slack, TJ Mellott - Nutrients, 2017 - mdpi.com
Choline is an essential nutrient for humans. It is a precursor of membrane phospholipids (eg,
phosphatidylcholine (PC)), the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, and via betaine, the methyl …

Epigenetic mechanisms in memory and cognitive decline associated with aging and Alzheimer's disease

S Maity, K Farrell, S Navabpour, SN Narayanan… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Epigenetic mechanisms, which include DNA methylation, a variety of post-translational
modifications of histone proteins (acetylation, phosphorylation, methylation, ubiquitination …

Histone H3 lysine K4 methylation and its role in learning and memory

BE Collins, CB Greer, BC Coleman, JD Sweatt - Epigenetics & chromatin, 2019 - Springer
Epigenetic modifications such as histone methylation permit change in chromatin structure
without accompanying change in the underlying genomic sequence. A number of studies in …

How the epigenome integrates information and reshapes the synapse

RR Campbell, MA Wood - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2019 - nature.com
In the past few decades, the field of neuroepigenetics has investigated how the brain
encodes information to form long-lasting memories that lead to stable changes in behaviour …

Epigenetic etiology of intellectual disability

S Iwase, NG Bérubé, Z Zhou, NN Kasri… - Journal of …, 2017 - Soc Neuroscience
Intellectual disability (ID) is a prevailing neurodevelopmental condition associated with
impaired cognitive and adaptive behaviors. Many chromatin-modifying enzymes and other …

A neuroscientist's guide to transgenic mice and other genetic tools

S Navabpour, JL Kwapis, TJ Jarome - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2020 - Elsevier
The past decade has produced an explosion in the number and variety of genetic tools
available to neuroscientists, resulting in an unprecedented ability to precisely manipulate …

The contribution of whole-exome sequencing to intellectual disability diagnosis and knowledge of underlying molecular mechanisms: A systematic review and meta …

KY Sanchez-Luquez, MX Carpena, SM Karam… - … Research/Reviews in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Whole-exome sequencing (WES) is useful for molecular diagnosis, family genetic
counseling, and prognosis of intellectual disability (ID). However, ID molecular diagnosis …

B vitamins and fatty acids: what do they share with small vessel disease-related dementia?

R Moretti, C Peinkhofer - International journal of molecular sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Many studies have been written on vitamin supplementation, fatty acid, and dementia, but
results are still under debate, and no definite conclusion has yet been drawn. Nevertheless …

Ubiquitination of histone H2B by proteasome subunit RPT6 controls histone methylation chromatin dynamics during memory formation

TJ Jarome, GA Perez, WM Webb, KM Hatch… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Posttranslational histone modifications play a critical role in the regulation of
gene transcription underlying synaptic plasticity and memory formation. One such epigenetic …

KDM5A mutations identified in autism spectrum disorder using forward genetics

L El Hayek, IO Tuncay, N Nijem, J Russell, S Ludwig… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a constellation of neurodevelopmental disorders with
high phenotypic and genetic heterogeneity, complicating the discovery of causative genes …