Brain growth spurt-prenatal ethanol exposure and the guinea pig hippocampal glutamate signaling system

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 303-310

  Byrnes, Michelle L ^a   Reynolds, James N ^a,b   Brien, James F ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain growth spurt; Glutamate release; Guinea pig; Hippocampus; Neuronal number; Nitric oxide synthase activity; NMDA receptors; Prenatal ethanol exposure

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FETUS; GRANULE CELL; GROWTH ACCELERATION; GUINEA PIG; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOCOMOTION; MAZE TEST; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0038241058     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(02)00354-9     Document Type: Article

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