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Adverse interactions with the environment, such as early life stress (ELS) or exposure to drugs of abuse, can induce chromatin remodeling as a result of histone modifications. ELS- and drug-induced histone modifications can drive dopamine (DA) dysfunction within the ventral tegmental area (VTA) which contributes to the psychopathology observed in psychiatric illnesses.
