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Bite-size Science: Epigenetics help protect the aging brain

Kayleen Schreiber June 19, 2017June 30, 2017 Alzheimer’s disease, Brain, Cortex, DNA, Epigenetics, gene, Genetics, Infographic, Knowing Neurons, Learning, Memory, Nature, Nature Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, Neuron, Neurons, Neuroscience, Prefrontal Cortex, Receptor, Research, Science

Epigenetics change which genes are active and which are inactive. Research over the past few years has shown that these changes are important for protecting the brain from neurodegeneration and injury. A review paper came out on May 18th in the journal Nature Reviews Neuroscience that summarizes this research. Check out the infographic for a description of the review paper.

References:

Hwang, J., Aromolaran, K. A., & Zukin, R. S. (2017). The emerging field of epigenetics in neurodegeneration and neuroprotection. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 18(6), 347-361. doi:10.1038/nrn.2017.46

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Kayleen Schreiber

Kayleen is obsessed with the brain. After majoring in neuroscience at Vanderbilt University, she went straight to a PhD program in neuroscience at the University of Iowa. She currently studies how our brains process speech. She measures electrical changes produced by the brain to understand how the gender of a person talking influences how we hear their speech. Outside the lab, she works to get others excited about science and occasionally plays the bassoon.

2 thoughts on “Bite-size Science: Epigenetics help protect the aging brain”

angry

June 21, 2017 at 6:09 am

none of your email has active links in it on my email client; why do you bother send references to good information if you are not going to provide an active link to the source.
- Joel Frohlich
  
  June 22, 2017 at 2:22 pm
  
  I’m not sure I understand your comment. Are you saying the link to the new post in your email doesn’t work?

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