Infantile handling eliminates reversal learning deficit in rats prenatally exposed to alcohol

Alcohol

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-53

  Lee, Moon H ^a   Rabe, Ausma ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Behavioral improvement; Fetal alcohol effects; Neonatal handling; Response inhibition; Reversal deficit; T maze

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; LEARNING DISORDER; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032970826     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-8329(98)00067-6     Document Type: Article

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