A critical period for deleterious effect of prenatal alcohol exposure on working memory

International Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 382-387

  Nourizad, S ^a   Anvari, M ^b   Hasani, H ^a   Salami, Mahmoud ^a  

^a KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Critical period; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Radial maze; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; MALE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 63749093287     PISSN: 18117775     EISSN: 18125700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijp.2008.382.387     Document Type: Article

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