| Literature DB >> 25839742 |
Nicole L Yohn1, Marisa S Bartolomei2, Julie A Blendy3.
Abstract
Familial inheritance of drug abuse is composed of both genetic and environmental factors. Additionally, epigenetic transgenerational inheritance may provide a means by which parental drug use can influence several generations of offspring. Recent evidence suggests that parental drug exposure produces behavioral, biochemical, and neuroanatomical changes in future generations. The focus of this review is to discuss these multigenerational and transgenerational phenotypes in the offspring of animals exposed to drugs of abuse. Specifically, changes found following the administration of alcohol, opioids, cocaine, marijuana, and nicotine will be discussed. In addition, epigenetic modifications to the genome following administration of these drugs will be detailed as well as their potential for transmission to the next generation.Entities:
Keywords: Drug abuse; Epigenetic; Multigenerational; Transgenerational
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25839742 PMCID: PMC4459901 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2015.03.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Prog Biophys Mol Biol ISSN: 0079-6107 Impact factor: 3.667