… control the encoding and retrieval of memories epigenetics chromatin engram hippocampus … process is controlled by large-scale remodeling of cells’ chromatin. This remodeling, which allows specific genes … several days. Changes to the density and arrangement of chromatin, a highly compressed structure consisting of DNA …
… around which DNA is spooled, forming a structure called chromatin. These modifications condense chromatin, making genes in that stretch of DNA less likely to … that a gene called Sp3 is necessary to recruit HDAC2 to chromatin to enact its blockade of memory-linked genes. The …