Prenatal cocaine and/or nicotine exposure in rats: Preliminary findings on long-term cognitive outcome and genital development at birth

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 635-643

  Cutler, Adam R ^a   Wilkerson, Ashley E ^a   Gingras, Jeannine L ^a   Levin, Edward D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

anogenital distance; cocaine; learning; morris water maze; nicotine; prenatal; propranolol; radial arm maze; reference memory; sexual differentiation; working memory

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; NICOTINE; PROPRANOLOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FETUS; GENITAL SYSTEM; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; AGING; ANAL CANAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; COCAINE; COGNITION; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; NICOTINE; PENIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROPRANOLOL; RATS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL MATURATION; TERATOGENS; VAGINA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 18244431556     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(96)00125-0     Document Type: Article

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