Effects of prenatal exposure to amphetamine in the medial prefrontal cortex of the rat

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 585-596

  Tavares, M A ^a,b   Silva, M C ^a,c   Silva Araujo A ^a   Xavier, M R ^b   Ali, S F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Porto School of Nursing   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Dopamine; Hoephometry; Prefrontal cortex; Rat; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE; SEROTONIN;

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FOREBRAIN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPIL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0030221530     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0736-5748(96)00036-6     Document Type: Article

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