Ethanol-exposed neonatal rats are impaired as adults in classical eyeblink conditioning at multiple unconditioned stimulus intensities

Brain Research

Volumn 1150, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 155-166

  Lindquist, Derick H ^a   Sokoloff, Greta ^a   Steinmetz, Joseph E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Classical eyeblink conditioning; Conditioned response; Ethanol; Rat; Unconditioned stimulus

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; INTUBATION; LEARNING DISORDER; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLINKING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ETHANOL; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 34247872791     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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