Therapeutic effects of complex motor training on motor performance deficits induced by neonatal binge-like alcohol exposure in rats I. Behavioral results

Brain Research

Volumn 800, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 48-61

  Klintsova, Anna Y ^a   Cowell, Rita M ^a   Swain, Rodney A ^b   Napper, Ruth M A ^c   Goodlett, Charles R ^d   Greenough, William T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cerebellum; Fetal alcohol effects; Motor learning; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HYPERACTIVITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

AGING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ETHANOL; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; REACTION TIME; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUCKING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032572614     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00495-8     Document Type: Article

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