Prenatal ethanol exposure persistently impairs NMDA receptor-dependent activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase in the mouse dentate gyrus

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1311-1323

  Samudio Ruiz, Sabrina L ^a   Allan, Andrea M ^a   Valenzuela, Carlos Fernando ^a   Perrone Bizzozero, Nora I ^a   Caldwell, Kevin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dentate gyrus; Extracellular signal regulated kinase; Learning; Memory; NMDA receptor hippocampus; Prenatal alcohol

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BUTADIENES; DENTATE GYRUS; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ETHANOL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; NITRILES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VALINE;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 65549139766     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06049.x     Document Type: Article

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