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Epigenetic inheritance of a cocaine-resistance phenotype.
Nature neuroscience - 1 Jan 2013
Vassoler Fair M, White Samantha L, Schmidt Heath D, Sadri-Vakili Ghazaleh, Pierce R Christopher
Abstract excerpt
We delineated a heritable phenotype resulting from the self-administration of cocaine in rats. We observed delayed acquisition and reduced maintenance of cocaine self-administration in male, but not female, offspring of sires that self-administered cocaine. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (Bdnf) mRNA and BDNF protein were increased in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), and there was an increased association...
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