The effects of perinatal choline supplementation on hippocampal cholinergic development in rats exposed to alcohol during the brain growth spurt

Hippocampus

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1750-1757

  Monk, Bradley R ^a   Leslie, Frances M ^b   Thomas, Jennifer D ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal alcohol; Hyperactivity; Muscarinic; Nutrition; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHOLINE; MUSCARINIC M1 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M4 RECEPTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN TISSUE; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOLINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, MUSCARINIC M1; RECEPTOR, MUSCARINIC M2; RECEPTOR, MUSCARINIC M4; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC;

EID: 84863784250     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22009     Document Type: Article

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