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ReviewCurrent neuropharmacology2022

Transgenerational Abnormalities Induced by Paternal Preconceptual Alcohol Drinking: Findings from Humans and Animal Models.

Sergio Terracina, Giampiero Ferraguti, Luigi Tarani, Marisa Patrizia Messina, Marco Lucarelli, Mario Vitali, Simone De Persis, Antonio Greco, Antonio Minni, Antonella Polimeni and 3 more

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Review in Current neuropharmacology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Alcohol Consumption and Autoimmune Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  9. Functional Consequences Paternal Preconceptual Alcohol Consumption.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2025
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  18. Nerve Growth Factor and Autoimmune Diseases.Current issues in molecular biology · 2023
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  19. Perinatal S-Adenosylmethionine Supplementation RepressesInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Sergio TerracinaDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Medical Faculty, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome Italy.
Giampiero FerragutiDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Medical Faculty, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome Italy.
Luigi TaraniDepartment of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Marisa Patrizia MessinaDepartment of Gynecology, Obstetrics, and Urology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Marco LucarelliDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Medical Faculty, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome Italy.
Mario VitaliASUR Marche, AV4, Ancona, Italy.
Simone De PersisASL Rieti, Italy.
Antonio GrecoDepartment of Sense Organs, Sapienza University Hospital of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Antonio MinniDepartment of Sense Organs, Sapienza University Hospital of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Antonella PolimeniDepartment of Odontostomatological and Maxillofacial Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Mauro CeccantiSITAC, Società Italiana per il Trattamento dell'Alcolismo e le sue Complicanze, Rome, Italy.
Carla PetrellaInstitute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (IBBC-CNR), Rome, Italy.
Marco FioreInstitute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (IBBC-CNR), Rome, Italy.
Sapienza University of Rome · ITInstitute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology · ITAzienda Sanitaria Locale di Asti · ITMarche Polytechnic University · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alcohol consumption during pregnancy and lactation is a widespread preventable cause of neurodevelopmental impairment in newborns. While the harmful effects of gestational alcohol use have been well documented, only recently, the role of paternal preconceptual alcohol consumption (PPAC) prior to copulating has drawn specific epigenetic considerations. Data from human and animal models have demonstrated that PPAC may affect sperm function, eliciting oxidative stress. In newborns, PPAC may induce changes in behavior, cognitive functions, and emotional responses. Furthermore, PPAC may elicit neurobiological disruptions, visuospatial impairments, hyperactivity disorders, motor skill disruptions, hearing loss, endocrine, and immune alterations, reduced physical growth, placental disruptions, and metabolic alterations. Neurobiological studies on PPAC have also disclosed changes in brain function and structure by disrupting the growth factors pathways. In particular, as shown in animal model studies, PPAC alters brain nerve growth factor (NGF) and brainderived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) synthesis and release. This review shows that the crucial topic of lifelong disabilities induced by PPAC and/or gestational alcohol drinking is quite challenging at the individual, societal, and familial levels. Since a nontoxic drinking behavior before pregnancy (for both men and women), during pregnancy, and lactation cannot be established, the only suggestion for couples planning pregnancies is to completely avoid the consumption of alcoholic beverages.

Indexed as

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum DisordersAlcohol DrinkingAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalEthanolFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornPlacentaPregnancyEthanolbrainepigeneticsfetal alcohol spectrum disordersfetal alcohol syndromeNeurotrophinspaternal preconceptual alcohol consumptiontransgenerational changes

Identifiers

PMID34720083
PMCPMC9886817
OpenAlexW3211295261

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