Chronic developmental exposure to phenytoin has long-term behavioral consequences

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 401-407

  Mowery, Todd M ^a   McDowell, Angela L ^a   Garraghty, Preston E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Appetitive conditioning; Aversive conditioning; Fetal hydantoin syndrome; Hippocampus; Instrumental learning; Phenytoin

Indexed keywords

HYDANTOIN; PHENYTOIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTICONVULSANTS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; PHENYTOIN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 43049179661     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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