{"id":964,"date":"2023-08-10T15:23:20","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T15:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pediatricbrainfoundation.org\/archive\/epigenetic-changes\/"},"modified":"2023-08-10T15:23:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T15:23:20","slug":"epigenetic-changes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pediatricbrainfoundation.org\/archive\/epigenetic-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Epigenetic changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<section class=\"content-top span12\">\n      <a id=\"main-content\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"page-header\">epigenetic changes<\/h1>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<section class=\"main-content span12\">\n<section id=\"block-system-main\" class=\"block-system block-page-content clearfix\">\n<div class=\"section-in\">\n<div class=\"section-inn\">\n<div class=\"section-innn\">\n<div class=\"term-listing-heading\">\n<div id=\"taxonomy-term-3285\" class=\"taxonomy-term vocabulary-tags\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<article id=\"node-6379\" class=\"node node-science-article node-teaser clearfix\">\n<h2 class=\"node-title clearfix\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pediatricbrainfoundation.org\/archive\/educate\/science-news\/master-regulator-gene-long-tied-autism-disorders-stimulates-other-genes-early\/\">&#8216;Master regulator&#8217; gene &#8212; long tied to autism disorders &#8212; stimulates other genes in early brain development<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"submitted\">\n            <span class=\"created\">Thursday, December 18, 2014<\/span>&nbsp;&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;Posted by <a href=\"http:\/\/communications.med.nyu.edu\/media-relations\/news\/\u201cmaster-regulator\u201d-gene-\u2014-long-tied-autism-disorders-\u2014-can-stimulate-other-gene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York University, Langone Medical Center<\/a>    <\/div>\n<p>  <!--\nTHIS FILE IS NOT USED AND IS HERE AS A STARTING POINT FOR CUSTOMIZATION ONLY.\nSee http:\/\/api.drupal.org\/api\/function\/theme_field\/7 for details.\nAfter copying this file to your theme's folder and customizing it, remove this\nHTML comment.\n--><\/p>\n<div id=\"body\" class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden prose\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p class=\"tkgyxz44ddvou8s4e\">\n<p class=\"tkgyxz44ddvou8s4e\">Chemical modifications to DNA&#8217;s packaging &#8212; 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