Hippocampal-dependent Pavlovian conditioning in adult rats exposed to binge-like doses of ethanol as neonates

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 242, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 191-199

  Lindquist, Derick H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Eyeblink conditioning; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD); Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS); Hippocampus; Pavlovian conditioning

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXPOSURE; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PAVLOVIAN CONDITIONING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY GATING;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLINKING; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84872826983     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.12.030     Document Type: Article

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