Effects of neonatal and peripubertal ethanol treatment on various aspects of adult rat behavior and brain anatomy

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-256

  Röskam, Stephan ^a   Koch, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Development

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DIAZEPAM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LIMBIC CORTEX; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMORY; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MYELIN SHEATH; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; STARTLE REFLEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; ETHANOL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PUBERTY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STARTLE REACTION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 60949104466     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2008.12.009     Document Type: Article

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