Spatial learning deficits induced by chronic prenatal ethanol exposure can be overcome by non-spatial pre-training

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 333-341

  Iqbal, Umar ^a   Rikhy, Shivani ^a   Dringenberg, Hans C ^a,b   Brien, James F ^a,b   Reynolds, James N ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioural intervention; Cortisol; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Guinea pig; Pre training; Stress; Water maze

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HYDROCORTISONE; SUCROSE; WATER;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; LEARNING DISORDER; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SALIVA; SENSITIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ETHANOL; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HYDROCORTISONE; MAZE LEARNING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SALIVA; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS;

EID: 33744509846     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2006.01.011     Document Type: Article

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