Altered spatial learning and delay discounting in a rat model of human third trimester binge ethanol exposure

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-65

  Bañuelos, Cristina ^a   Gilbert, Ryan J ^a   Montgomery, Karienn S ^a   Fincher, Annette S ^b   Wang, Haiying ^b   Frye, Gerald D ^b   Setlow, Barry ^a   Bizon, Jennifer L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; binge ethanol exposure; delay discounting; hippocampus; impulsivity; Morris water maze; rat; spatial learning

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; FEMALE; IMPULSIVENESS; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PUP (RODENT); RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHAM PROCEDURE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MODELS, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REWARD; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84855658161     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: 14735849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FBP.0b013e32834eb07d     Document Type: Article

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