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The Possible Role of Epigenetics in the Memory Impairment Elicited by Circadian Rhythm Disruption

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Circadian Rhythms and Their Impact on Aging

Part of the book series: Healthy Ageing and Longevity ((HAL,volume 7))

Abstract

Memories are the glue of one’s existence; unfortunately sometimes memories are more transitory then we would like. Aging and various disease states can induce memory impairments, but for the most part the mechanisms for these memory impairments are largely unknown. Circadian rhythms increase an organism’s biological fitness by synchronizing its physiology and behaviour to their environment. Sometimes circadian rhythms become desynchronized from the environment and this circadian misalignment elicits memory impairments in both humans and rodents. Circadian rhythm dysfunction and memory impairments are hallmarks of both aging and chronic shiftwork, therefore it is pertinent to untangle the nature of the relationship between these processes. Epigenetics allow one’s environment to influence gene expression without changing the genome itself. The plasticity of both memory and circadian rhythms are mediated in part by epigenetic modifications. While epigenetics is necessary for both circadian rhythm generation and memory, very little is known about how circadian rhythm disruption affects the epigenome. Epigenetics will be discussed as a mediator between circadian rhythms and memory in conditions where circadian rhythms are in or out of synch with the environment.

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This research line is supported by grants awarded to Robert J. McDonald from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Alzheimer’s Society of Canada, and a Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation grant awarded to Olga Kovalchuk and Robert J. McDonald. Scott H. Deibel currently holds a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council CREATE BIP PhD fellowship. The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Deibel, S.H., McDonald, R.J. (2017). The Possible Role of Epigenetics in the Memory Impairment Elicited by Circadian Rhythm Disruption. In: Jazwinski, S., Belancio, V., Hill, S. (eds) Circadian Rhythms and Their Impact on Aging. Healthy Ageing and Longevity, vol 7. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64543-8_12

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