Prenatal nicotine effects on memory in rats: Pharmacological and behavioral challenges

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 207-215

  Levin, Edward D ^a   Wilkerson, Ashley ^a   Jones, John P ^a   Channelle Christopher, N ^a   Briggs, Sandra J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Isoproterenol; Memory; Nicotine; Phenoxybenzamine; Phenylpropanolamine; Prenatal; Radial arm maze; T maze; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENALINE; NICOTINE; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FEMALE; INFUSION PUMPS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030599587     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(96)00144-7     Document Type: Article

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