Forgiving the sins of the fathers

Nat Neurosci. 2013 Jan;16(1):4-5. doi: 10.1038/nn.3288.

Abstract

In a case of sex-linked epigenetic inheritance, paternal cocaine use results in a heritable increase in cortical Bdnf gene expression that confers a cocaine-resistant phenotype in male, but not female, progeny.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cocaine / administration & dosage*
  • Conditioning, Operant / physiology*
  • Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors / administration & dosage*
  • Epigenomics*
  • Female
  • Male
  • Phenotype*

Substances

  • Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors
  • Cocaine