Effects of environmental enrichment on cortical depth and morris-maze performance in B6D2F2 mice exposed prenatally to ethanol

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 11-20

  Wainwright, P E ^a   Levesque S ^a   Krempulec, L ^a   Bulman Fleming, B ^a   Mccutcheon, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortical depth; Environmental enrichment; Learning; Morris maze; Occipital cortex; Prenatal ethanol

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; LEARNING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ETHANOL; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; ORGAN WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WEANING;

EID: 0027466280     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0892-0362(93)90040-U     Document Type: Article

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