Effect of acute ethanol and acute allopregnanolone on spatial memory in adolescent and adult rats

Alcohol

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 473-483

  Chin, Vivien S ^a   Van Skike, Candice E ^a   Berry, Raymond B ^b   Kirk, Roger E ^a   Diaz Granados, Jamie ^a   Matthews, Douglas B ^a,c  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acute; Adolescents; Allopregnanolone; Ethanol; Morris watermaze; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ETHANOL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; PREGNANOLONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPACE PERCEPTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 79959552177     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: 18736823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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