Effect of diagnostic ultrasound during the fetal period on learning and memory in mice

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-45

  Suresh, R ^a   Ramesh Rao, T ^a   Davis, E M ^a   Ovchinnikov, N ^a   Mc Rae, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Behavior; Gestation; Neurotoxicity; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; BIOGENIC AMINE; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 38749088343     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2007.04.008     Document Type: Article

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