Epigenetic Mechanisms in Brain Physiology and Disorders

Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-0-443-19043-8
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 340 Seiten, Format (B × H): 192 mm x 262 mm

This volume provides a comprehensive summary of epigenetic mechanisms in brain development, from embryogenesis to aging, brain physiology and pathology. It discusses the role DNA methylation plays in regulating genomic functions, which in turn guide brain function. The book explores the epigenetic role in cell type differentiation, epigenetic processes in memory, learning, and neuronal functioning, the role of DNA methylation and other epigenetic mechanisms in sleep, feeding and metabolic control, sex, temperature regulation, and cardiovascular and blood pressure regulation. It further explores the role of epigenetic processes in neuropsychiatry disorders, neurological disease and behavioral disorders, as well as epigenetic diagnostics and therapeutics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Szyf, Moshe

Nemoda, Zsofia

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Pathologie, Cytopathologie, Histopathologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction. Epigenetic mechanisms in brain function.
2. Evolution of epigenetic landscapes during pre and postnatal brain development and aging.
3. The role of DNA methylation and stepwise oxidation of 5 methylcytosine in epigenetic regulation of gene expression in the brain.
4. Learning and memory.
5. Stress and the HPA axis
6. Metabolic homeostasis
7. Puberty and sexual behavior
8. Body Temperature and thermal regulation
9. The role of epigenetic mechanism in the neuroimmune axis
10. The impact of genetic alterations in epigenetic proteins on brain disorders.
11. Epigenetic processes in neurodevelopmental disorders (RETT syndrome, Autism)
12. Linking early adversity epigenetics and neuropsychiatric disorders (psychosis)
13. Epigenetic processes in substance abuse, and behavioral addictions
14. Epigenetic processes in neurological diseases Alzheimer, Parkinson disease, Parkinson, ALS
15. Epigenetic mechanisms in chronic pain
16. Early life adversity trauma and PTSD linked by epigenetic mechanisms
17. Epigenetic mechanisms in brain aging, cognitive decline and dementia
18. Methodological challenges in epigenome wide associations with neuropsychiatry and behavioraldisorders
19. Animal models with construct validity for studying epigenetic processes in neurobehavior
20. Using epigenetic editing and to examine the role of site specific DNA methylation and oxidationalterations in neuroepigenetics.
21. Methods for dissecting cell neuron/glia/astrocyte specific patterns of methylationIPSC stem cells derived neuronal precursor cells to model in vitro the role of DNA methylation in the nervous system and brain disorders

Über Autor(innen)

Nemoda, Zsofia
Zsofia Nemoda is an assistant professor at Semmelweis University in Budapest Hungary. She is a member of the Hungarian Biochemical Association, the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics, and the Hungarian Society of Human Genetics. She has 41 articles published in international journals with a cumulative impact factor of 168 and independent citations of 1139. In 2023 & 2024 she was affiliated the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Canada working with Dr. Linda Booij.