Impaired acquisition in the water maze and hippocampal long-term potentiation after chronic prenatal ethanol exposure in the guinea-pig

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1593-1598

  Richardson, D P ^a   Byrnes, M L ^a   Brien, J F ^a   Reynolds, J N ^a   Dringenberg, H C ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Foetal alcohol syndrome; Guinea pig; Hippocampus; Long term potentiation; Prenatal ethanol exposure; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SUCROSE; WATER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEEDING; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GUINEA PIG; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING DISORDER; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLASTICITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; TRAINING;

EID: 0036428720     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02214.x     Document Type: Article

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