MK-801 can exacerbate or attenuate behavioral alterations associated with neonatal alcohol exposure in the rat, depending on the timing of administration

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 764-773

  Thomas, Jennifer D ^a,b   Fleming, S L ^a   Riley, E P ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Behavioral Teratology   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Excitotoxicity; Fetal alcohol effects; NMDA; Teratogenic

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DIZOCILPINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; LEARNING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035026478     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2001.tb02277.x     Document Type: Article

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