Differential effects of prenatal exposure to cocaine and amphetamine on growth parameters and morphometry of the prefrontal cortex in the rat

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 801, Issue , 1996, Pages 256-273

  Tavares, M A ^a,b   Silva, M C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Porto School of Nursing   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; PYROXYLIN;

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBELLUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0030462932     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb17447.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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