Effects of acute and chronic ethanol exposure on spatial cognitive processing and hippocampal function in the rat

Hippocampus

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 122-130

  Matthews, Douglas B ^a,b   Morrow, A Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Gene expression; Place cell; Spatial learning; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; ETHANOL; HIPPOCAMPUS; RATS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033954945     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1063(2000)10:1<122::AID-HIPO13>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Review

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