Ultrasound exposure of the foetal chick brain: effects on learning and memory

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 677-683

  Schneider Kolsky, Michal E ^a   Ayobi, Zohel ^a   Lombardo, Paul ^a   Brown, Damian ^a   Kedang, Ben ^a   Gibbs, Marie E ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bead discrimination learning; Bioeffects; Brain; Chick; Doppler ultrasound; Memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHICK; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); HATCHING; INCUBATION TIME; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TISSUE INJURY; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; CHICKENS; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

ANIMALIA; SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

EID: 70349557612     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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