Prenatal binge-like alcohol exposure alters neurochemical profiles in fetal rat brain

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 521-529

  Maier, Susan E ^a   Chen, Wei Jung A ^a   West, James R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

blood alcohol concentration; brain; ethanol; fetal alcohol syndrome; gestation; neurotransmitter; pregnancy; rat

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOPAMINE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETUS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NOREPINEPHRINE; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0030479433     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(96)00282-1     Document Type: Article

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