Epigenetics in Psychiatry

1. Introduction 2. Outline of Epigenetics 3. History of Epigenetics in Psychiatry 4. Role of Epigenetics in the Neural Stem Cell and Neuron 5. Role of Epigenetics in the Brain 6. Epigenetic Epidemiology of Psychiatric Disorders 7. Laboratory Techniques in Psychiatric Epigenetics 8. Laboratory Models in Psychiatric Epigenetics 9. DNA Methylation and Histone Changes in Schizophrenia 10. Non-Coding RNAs and Major Psychosis 11. Epigenetics and Bipolar Disorder 12. Epigenetics and Major Depressive Disorder 13. Epigenetics and Suicide 14. Epigenetics of Anxiety Disorder and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 15. Epigenetics and Cognitive Disorders 16. Epigenetics and Mental Retardation 17. Epigenetics of Pervasive Developmental Disorders and ADHD 18. Epigenetics and Drug Addiction 19. Epigenetic Effects of Currently-Used Psychotropic Drugs 20. Drugs Affecting DNA Methylation in Psychiatric Disorders 21. Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors and Psychiatric Disorders 22. The Social Environment and Epigenetics in Psychiatry 23. Nutritional Influences on Epigenetics in Psychiatry 24. Transgenerational Epigenetics and Psychiatric Disorders

Peedicayil, JacobDr Jacob Peedicayil completed MBBS in 1984 and MD in pharmacology in 1991, both at the Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. From 1993 to 1995 he did a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India. From 1995 to 1998 he worked as a Research Fellow in the Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore. Since 1998 he has been on the faculty of the Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, becoming a professor in 2007. He does theoretical research on epigenetics, focusing on epigenetics in psychiatry. In addition, he is involved in experimental research in smooth muscle pharmacology. Grayson, Dennis R.Dr Dennis R. Grayson received his PhD from the Department of Biochemistry at Wayne State University School of Medicine in 1984. He has been interested in mechanisms associated with gene expression for over 35 years. He joined the laboratory of Dr James E. Darnell at the Rockefeller University as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in 1984 to study cell-type specific transcription factors and their interaction with promoters and enhancers. In 1988, Dr Grayson joined the Fidia-Georgetown Institute for the Neurosciences at Georgetown University to study gene expression programs in neurons and continued this research program at Allegheny Singer Research Institute
in Pittsburgh from 1995 to 1998. He continued his interests in psychiatry and joined the Psychiatric Institute at the University of Illinois in 1998. This represented a unique opportunity to pursue the molecular underpinnings of schizophrenia. Dr Grayson has received NRSA post-doctoral support, and R01 and K04 funding from the National Institutes of Health to support his work. He has published over 140 papers in peer-reviewed journals and is regularly invited to speak at numerous national and international meetings. He is currently Director of the Epigenetic Core of the Center for Alcohol

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