Behavioral deficits and cellular damage following developmental ethanol exposure in rats are attenuated by CP-101,606, an NMDAR antagonist with unique NR2B specificity

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 545-553

  Lewis, B ^a   Wellmann, K A ^a   Kehrberg, A M H ^a,b   Carter, M L ^a   Baldwin, T ^a   Cohen, M ^a   Barron, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b MUSKINGUM COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral teratology; Glutamate antagonist; Hippocampal slices; Neuroprotection; Prenatal alcohol; Traxoprodil

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; TRAXOPRODIL;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SPECIFICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO CULTURE; LOCOMOTION; MAZE TEST; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STOICHIOMETRY;

ALCOHOLIC NEUROPATHY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL DEATH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PIPERIDINES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 81355147186     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: 18735177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2011.10.013     Document Type: Article

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