Transgenerational Inheritance of Paternal Neurobehavioral Phenotypes: Stress, Addiction, Ageing and Metabolism

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 6367-6376

  Yuan, Ti Fei ^a   Li, Ang ^b   Sun, Xin ^b   Ouyang, Huan ^b   Campos, Carlos ^c   Rocha, Nuno B F ^c   Arias Carrión, Oscar ^d   Machado, Sergio ^e,f   Hou, Gonglin ^g   So, Kwok Fai ^b,h,i  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^f SALGADO DE OLIVEIRA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^g ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Epigenetic modulation; Neurobehavior; Sperm; Transgenerational inheritance

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

AGING; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EPIGENETICS; FATHER; FEAR CONDITIONING TEST; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROGENY; REVIEW; SMELLING; STRESS; ADDICTION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; MENTAL STRESS;

AGING; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FATHERS; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; PHENOTYPE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84947080829     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: 15591182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12035-015-9526-2     Document Type: Review

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