User:Yviannna/Sandbox1

My proposed Wikipedia edits are over Behavioral Epigenetics and Epigenetics of Depression. My first article Behavioral Epigenetics explains the way many individual characteristics such as personality and mood are influenced by the way an individual was raised. The expression of genes is proposed to be influenced by the environment (i.e. experiences), the surrounding of which one is raised influences the cognition and behavior of the individual. The basis in which behavioral epigenetics is due to studies on stress levels of rats when exposed to different conditions, one with a nurturing mother and one without one, findings discovered alteration in the rats stress response in later situations, well beyond infancy. Potentially I will contribute to the section with the discovery of behavioral findings based on genetic changes, I will provide more in depth on the studies conducted on the rats. My second article, Epigenetics of Depression, is an extension to or a subdivision of the first article as depression is genetic and heavily influenced on upbringings, this article has minimal background on the topic as it is rather new, it emphasize the role of methylation in depression, my proposed edits will include methylation and histone acetylation and its effects om depression.

''' These are both interesting topic proposals. It looks like some other students are proposing similar topics, so you would likely be able to find a passionate group for the project. '''

''' I think that both of these articles look pretty extensive already, and they're both frequently updated. Consider outlining how your proposals could be made more substantial for the purposes of this course. Additionally, you will need to find a review article for the behavioral epigenetics component here. '''

--Trevor

Upon reading the article for behavioral epigenetics it has a section dedicated for Psychopathology and mental health, it goes over stress, depression, anxiety and many other disorders, when looking for recent findings I came across this article : https://www.nature.com/articles/s41398-022-01802-7 that is the effects of DNA methylation on Panic Disorders, I believe this is a potential area I can dedicate myself to edit in Behavioral Epigenetics  article. The attached article considers the changes occurring when patients are receiving CBT(cognitive behavior therapy), a leading form of treatment for multiple disorders that is aimed to alter the way one thinks about and reacts to things. Findings are aimed to determine the success this form of therapy will have on the patient, supplements from this article will be aimed to discussing DNA methylation changes occurring and their relation to receiving long term CBT, in class we are emphasized on the importance of DNA methylation and i believe this to be substantial enough to add to the article while keeping in mind this course. Additionally, changes will be made to update the page with current findings such as the mentioned one is from a 2022 published article. A more dated article (2018) may have potential to being utilized as well as it discusses behavioral epigenetics and aggression development according to responses from a different stage of life, the article I am editing contains information of anxiety and stress responses, an addition of aggression will suit well in this established section of the article, a second article on aggression takes a metal analysis in DNA methylation and aggression across multiple years and concluded that enough statistical evidence is present to associate DNA methylation and its signaturing of aggression, they stated that this is the first of its kind and will go well with the article edit as it will be an addition to it. Besides understanding the way that epigenetics plays a role in our life, findings in this field can possibly lead to treatments based on the specific regions that are effected based on the disorder experienced by someone, that is the overall emphasis I found across the review articles I am proposing.