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Anton M Lakstygal1, Murilo S de Abreu2, Allan V Kalueff3

  • 1Institute of Translational Biomedicine, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia; Laboratory of Preclinical Bioscreening, Granov Russian Research Center of Radiology and Surgical Technologies, Ministry of Healthcare of Russian Federation, Pesochny, Russia.

Brain Research Bulletin
|September 5, 2018
PubMed

Keywords:
BehaviorDNA methylationEpigeneticsHistone modificationTranslational psychiatryZebrafish

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