New research on the biological basis of addiction has found that the critical epigenetic enzyme histone deacetylase 5 (HDAC5) limits the expression of the gene Scn4b, regulating neuronal activity and ...

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New research on the biological basis of addiction has found that the critical epigenetic enzyme histone deacetylase 5 (HDAC5) limits the expression of the gene Scn4b, regulating neuronal activity and ...

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Research on the biological basis of addiction published in Biological Psychiatry uncovers the critical role that the HDAC5 enzyme plays in gene expression in the brain's epigenetic mechanisms that ...