Prof. Ruiling Zhang and team from Xinxiang Medical University explored the correlation between cyclin - dependent kinase 5 expression in the hippocampus and neurological impairments following
prenatal ethanol exposure, and found that
prenatal ethanol exposure could affect cyclin - dependent kinase 5 and its activator p35 in the hippocampus of offspring rats.
These findings, which reported in the Neural Regeneration Research, propose new insights into the mechanisms underlying the role of ethanol exposure in central nervous system injuries, and provide a new strategy for treating the consequences of
prenatal ethanol exposure.
To date, no study has shown a transgenerational effect of
prenatal ethanol exposure on ethanol consumption in the second or third generation.