Object-recognition and spatial learning and memory in rats prenatally exposed to ethanol

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 985-995

  Kim, C Kwon ^a,c   Kalynchuk, Lisa E ^a   Kornecook, Tom J ^a   Mumby, David G ^b   Dadgar, Noushine Afshar ^a   Pinel, John P J ^a   Weinberg, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL TERATOGENESIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; RECOGNITION; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ESCAPE REACTION; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0030827401     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.111.5.985     Document Type: Article

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