Prolonged in utero meconium exposure impairs spatial learning in the adult rat: Central Prize Award

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 190, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1551-1555

  Blackwell, Sean C ^a   Hallak, Mordechai ^a   Hotra, John W ^a   Refuerzo, Jerrie ^a   Sokol, Robert J ^a   Sorokin, Yoram ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Meconium; Morris water maze

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; LAPAROTOMY; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MECONIUM; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 3442888843     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.03.048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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