Early postnatal ethanol exposure has long-term effects on the performance of male rats in a delayed matching-to-place task in the Morris water maze

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 300-306

  Girard, T A ^a   Xing, H C ^a   Ward, G R ^a   Wainwright, P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial Rearing; Fetal Alcohol; Rats; Water Maze; Working Memory

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034025368     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000374-200003000-00007     Document Type: Article

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