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.