Prenatal cocaine exposure leads to enhanced long-term potentiation in region CA1 of hippocampus

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 117-119

  Little, J Zeb ^a   Teyler, Timothy J ^a  

^a Northeastern Ohio Medical University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Hippocampus; Long term potentiation; Neurophysiology; Pregnancy; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0029930894     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-3806(95)00187-5     Document Type: Article

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