Alteration in anxiety-related behaviors and reduction of serotonergic neurons in raphe nuclei in adult rats prenatally exposed to ethanol

Congenital Anomalies

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-114

  Ohta, Ken Ichi ^a   Sakata Haga, Hiromi ^a   Fukui, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anxiety related behavior; Fetal alcohol; Freezing behavior; Rat; Serotonergic neuron

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; MAZE TEST; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; TOXICITY;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ETHANOL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; SEROTONIN;

EID: 77952571533     PISSN: 09143505     EISSN: 17414520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-4520.2010.00269.x     Document Type: Article

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