Rats exposed to cocaine during late gestation and early postnatal life show deficits in hippocampal pyramidal and granule cells in later life

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 210, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 749-760

  Ismail, Zul Izhar Mohd ^a   Bedi, Kuldip S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain development; Drug misuse; Hippocampus; Neuronal number; Stereology

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERATOGENICITY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; COCAINE; DISSECTION; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 34249811498     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00735.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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