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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prog Biophys Mol Biol. 2015 Apr 1;118(0):21–33. doi: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2015.03.002

Table 1.

Multigenerational and Transgenerational phenotypes of F0 drug exposure

Drug F0 exposure Generation affected Sex of offspring affected Phenotype Species Source
Behavior Alcohol Paternal F1 Both Increased sensitivity to amphetamine Rat Abel, 1993
Paternal F1 Male Reduced alcohol intake and increased behavioral response to alcohol Mouse Finegersh and Homanics, 2014
Paternal F1 Both Decreased fear and increased aggression Mouse Meek et al., 2007
Paternal F1 Male Decreased attention and increased impulsivity Mouse Kim et al., 2014
Paternal F1 Both Enhanced passive avoidance learning and deficits in T-maze Mouse Abel and Lee, 1988
Paternal F1 Female Deficits in passive avoidance learning Rat Abel and Tan, 1988
Paternal F1 Both Deficits in radial arm maze learning Rat Wozniak et al., 1991
Paternal F1 Male Hyperactivity attenuated by physostigmine treatment Rat Abel, 1994
Morphine Maternal F1 Both Increased morphine sensitization (locomotor) Rat Byrnes, 2005
Maternal F1, F2 Male Decreased locomotor response to D1/D2 agonist Rat Byrnes et al., 2013
Cocaine Paternal F1 Male Resilience to cocaine self-administration Rat Vassoler et al., 2013b
Maternal F1 Male Increased sensitivity to cocaine Rat Sasaki et al., 2014
Paternal F1 Female Learning deficits Mouse He et al., 2006
Paternal F1 Both Increase in depression-like phenotype, no change in anxiety or learning and memory Mouse Killinger et al., 2012
CB1/CB2 agonist (WIN 55, 212-12) Maternal F1 Male Increased morphine CPP Rat Byrnes et al., 2012
Maternal F1 Female Increased morphine sensitization (locomotor) Rat Vassoler et al., 2013a
Δ9-THC Both parents exposed and mated together F1 Both Increased heroin self-administration and enhanced heroin withdrawal Rat Szutorisz et al., 2014
Nicotine Maternal F1, F2, F3 Both Hyperactive, decreased attention Mouse Zhu et al., 2014

Neurochemical Alcohol Paternal F1 Both Decreased DAT in cortex and striatum Mouse Kim et al., 2014
Paternal F1 Male Decreased beta-endorphin in hypothalamus Rat Cicero et al., 1990
Maternal F1, F2, F3 Both Decreased POMC expression in arcuate nucleus Rat Govorko et al., 2012
Morphine Paternal F1 Female Increased beta-endorphin in hypothalamus Rat Cicero et al., 1991
Maternal F1 Male Increased kappa-opioid receptor in response to D1/D2 agonist in nucleus accumbens Rat Byrnes et al., 2013
Maternal F1, F2 Male Increased D2 receptor in response to D1/D2 agonist in nucleus accumbens Rat Byrnes et al., 2013
Maternal F1, F2 Male Decreased quinpirole induced cortiscosterone Rat Byrnes et al., 2013
Cocaine Maternal F1 Male Increased D1 receptor in medial prefrontal cortex Rat Sasaki et al., 2014
Δ9-THC Maternal F1 Female Increased Oprm1 in nucleus accumbens Rat Vassoler et al., 2013a
Both parents exposed and mated together F1 Both Decreased expression of cannabinoid, dopamine, and glutamate receptors, reduced NMDA binding and enhanced LTD in the dorsal striatum Rat Szutorisz et al., 2014

Structural Physiological Alcohol Paternal F1 Both Cortical thickening Rat Jamerson et al., 2004
Paternal F1 Both No change in pyramidal cells of hippocampus Rat Zajac et al., 1989
Morphine Paternal F1 Both Decreased hippocampal LTP Rat Sarkaki et al., 2008
Maternal F1 Both Decreased hippocampal LTD Rat Sarkaki et al., 2008
Paternal F2 Both Decreased synaptophysin Rat Vyssotski et al., 2011