TY - JOUR AU - Fischer, Andre TI - Epigenetic memory: the Lamarckian brain. JO - The EMBO journal VL - 33 IS - 9 SN - 0261-4189 CY - Hoboken, NJ [u.a.] PB - Wiley M1 - DZNE-2020-03726 SP - 945-967 PY - 2014 AB - Recent data support the view that epigenetic processes play a role in memory consolidation and help to transmit acquired memories even across generations in a Lamarckian manner. Drugs that target the epigenetic machinery were found to enhance memory function in rodents and ameliorate disease phenotypes in models for brain diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, Chorea Huntington, Depression or Schizophrenia. In this review, I will give an overview on the current knowledge of epigenetic processes in memory function and brain disease with a focus on Morbus Alzheimer as the most common neurodegenerative disease. I will address the question whether an epigenetic therapy could indeed be a suitable therapeutic avenue to treat brain diseases and discuss the necessary steps that should help to take neuroepigenetic research to the next level. KW - Alzheimer Disease: genetics KW - Alzheimer Disease: physiopathology KW - Animals KW - Brain: physiopathology KW - Epigenesis, Genetic KW - Gene Expression Regulation KW - Histones: metabolism KW - Humans KW - Memory KW - RNA, Untranslated: physiology KW - Histones (NLM Chemicals) KW - RNA, Untranslated (NLM Chemicals) LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 C6 - pmid:24719207 C2 - pmc:PMC4193930 DO - DOI:10.1002/embj.201387637 UR - https://pub.dzne.de/record/137404 ER -