An assessment of the long-term developmental and behavioral teratogenicity of prenatal nicotine exposure

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 159-170

  Vaglenova, Julia ^a   Birru, Sanjay ^a   Pandiella, Noemi M ^a   Breese, Charles R ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active avoidance; Anxiety; Cross fostering; Exploratory activity; Fetal drug exposure; Learning and memory; Nicotine

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; INFUSION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TERATOGENESIS; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TERATOGENS;

EID: 1642325966     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2003.07.005     Document Type: Article

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