Ethanol exposure during the third trimester equivalent results in long- lasting decreased synaptic efficacy but not plasticity in the CA1 region of the rat hippocampus

Synapse

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-58

  Bellinger, Frederick P ^a,c   Bedi, Kuldip S ^a   Wilson, Peter ^b   Wilce, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c Department of Biochemistry   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; EPSP; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Long term potentiation; Paired pulse facilitation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032939208     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2396(199901)31:1<51::AID-SYN7>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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