Neonatal choline supplementation ameliorates the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on a discrimination learning task in rats

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 703-711

  Thomas, Jennifer D ^a   La Fiette, Michael H ^a   Quinn, Vincent R E ^a   Riley, Edward P ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary intervention; Fetal alcohol; Memory; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHOLINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHOLINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ETHANOL; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033671868     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(00)00097-0     Document Type: Article

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