Prenatal alcohol exposure alters GABA Aα 5 expression: A mechanism of alcohol-induced learning dysfunction

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 522-527

  Toso, Laura ^a,b   Roberson, Robin ^a   Woodard, Jade ^a   Abebe, Daniel ^a   Spong, Catherine Y ^a  

^a National Institute of Child and Human Development   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal alcohol syndrome; GABA; Learning; Mouse; NMDA

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A ALPHA 5 RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FETUS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 33746516079     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.01.098     Document Type: Article

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