Dose-dependent deficits in dual interstimulus interval classical eyeblink conditioning tasks following neonatal binge alcohol exposure in rats

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 277-293

  Brown, Kevin L ^a   Calizo, Lyngine H ^a   Stanton, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Dose Response; Eyeblink Conditioning; Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULTHOOD; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; INTUBATION; LATENT PERIOD; LIGHT; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNCERTAINTY;

ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CEREBELLUM; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDITIONING, EYELID; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; TIME PERCEPTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 38349136752     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00579.x     Document Type: Article

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