BNS 10-Year Anniversary Celebration: Epigenetic tuning of the oxytocin receptor after variation in early biparental care
Thursday, September 14, 2017, 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Campus:
Dayton
Fawcett Hall 339A
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10-year Anniversary Celebration
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Behavioral Neuroscience
DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI COLLOQUIUM
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Epigenetic tuning of the oxytocin receptor after variation in early biparental care
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Allison Perkeybile, Ph.D.听 鈥�08
The Kinsey Institute
Indiana University
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Early life experiences have the potential to profoundly and permanently alter developmental trajectories in offspring. Here I discuss our work studying the impact of early biparental听care on epigenetic regulation of the oxytocin receptor gene via DNA methylation in the socially monogamous听prairie vole. Results show early care alters epigenetic markers at key sites on the oxytocin receptor gene that are homologous to sites in the human genome听and that these markers are found in neural regions controlling social behavior,听suggesting the prairie vole may be uniquely suited for modeling factors that impact complex social behavior in humans.
3:30 p.m. Research Talk in Fawcett 339A
4:30 p.m. Q & A in Fawcett 339 (light refreshments)
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