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Editorial

Epigenetic Regulation of Enhancer RNAs in Neuropsychiatric Disease and Addiction

Evan J Kyzar1 Center for Alcohol Research in Epigenetics, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL60612, USA;2 Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, IL60612, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7688-0281View further author information
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Subhash C Pandey1 Center for Alcohol Research in Epigenetics, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL60612, USA;2 Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, IL60612, USA;3 Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL60612, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 889-892 | Received 05 Apr 2020, Accepted 16 Apr 2020, Published online: 13 Aug 2020

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