Brain, Behavior and Epigenetics

Preface. - 1. Post-translational histone modifications and the neurobiology of psychosis. - 2. Epigenetic regulation of GABAergic targets in psychiatry. - 3. Possible roles of DNA methylation in bipolar disorder. - 4. The epigenetics of depression and suicide. - 5. Epidemiology research and epigenetics: Translational epidemiology of schizophrenia. - 6. Environmental studies as a tool for detecting epigenetic mechanisms in schizophrenia. - 7. Imprinting, inactivation and the behavioural genetics of the X-chromosome. - 8. The strategies of the genes: genomic conflicts, attachment theory and development of the social brain. - 9. Genomic imprinting effects on brain and behavior; future directions. - 10. Epigenetic influence of the social environment. - 11. Towards an understanding of the dynamic inter-dependence of genes and environment in the regulation of phenotype. Nurturing our epigenetic nature. - 12. Histone deacetylase inhibitors: a novel therapeutic approach for cognitive disorders. - 13. Epigenetic mechanisms of memory consolidation. - 14. Epigenetic mechanisms in memory formation. - Subject index.