Long-term consequences of neonatal exposure to diazepam on cerebral glucose utilization, learning, memory and anxiety

Brain Research

Volumn 766, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 142-152

  Schroeder, Henri ^a   Humbert, Anne Claude ^a   Desor, Didier ^b   Nehlig, Astrid ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Benzodiazepine; Cerebral glucose utilization; Chronic treatment; Diazepam; Learning; Memory; Postnatal exposure

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; EMOTIONALITY; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; LEARNING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; DEOXYGLUCOSE; DIAZEPAM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030955305     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00538-6     Document Type: Article

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