Fetal alcohol effects in rats exposed pre- and postnatally to a low dose of ethanol

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 697-703

  Vaglenova, J ^a,b   Petkov, V V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Behavior; Body Weight; Learning; Memory; Prenatal Alcohol Exposure

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GROWTH; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031746237     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1998.tb04313.x     Document Type: Article

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