Fetal associative learning mediated through maternal alcohol intoxication

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-47

  Abate, Paula ^a   Pepino, Marta Yanina ^a   Domínguez, Héctor Daniel ^a   Spear, Norman E ^b   Molina, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN MÉDICA MERCEDES Y MARTÍN FERREYRA   (Argentina)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Amniotic Fluid; Conditioning; Fetus; Prenatal Learning

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CINEOLE;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033969218     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000374-200001000-00007     Document Type: Article

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