Neurofunctional effects of developmental alcohol exposure in alcohol-preferring and alcohol-nonpreferring rats

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 691-705

  Tattoli, Maria ^a   Cagiano, Raffaele ^a   Gaetani, Silvana ^a   Ghiglieri, Veronica ^b   Giustino, Arcangela ^a   Mereu, Giampaolo ^b   Trabace, Luigia ^a   Cuomo, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol nonpreferring rats; Alcohol preferring rats; Behavior; Electrophysiology; Neurochemistry; Perinatal alcohol

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN LEVEL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GESTATION PERIOD; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION;

ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; ALCOHOLISM; AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN; DOPAMINE; ETHANOL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FOOD PREFERENCES; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0035024285     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-133X(00)00225-6     Document Type: Article

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