Brain development controlled by epigenetic factor

webfull — Tue, 10 Mar 2015 19:30:40 +0000

�鶹AV researchers have discovered, for the first time, the importance of a key epigenetic regulator in the development of the hippocampus, a part of the brain associated with learning, memory and neural stem cells. Epigenetic regulators change the way specific genes function without altering their DNA sequence. By working with mutant mice as models, the research team, led by Prof. Xiang-Jiao Yang, of �鶹AV’s Goodman Cancer Center & Department of Medicine, �鶹AV Health Center, was able to link the importance of a specific epigenetic regulator known as BRPF1 to the healthy development of a region in the hippocampus called the dentate gyrus.

Published: 10 March 2015

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Brain development controlled by epigenetic factor