Imbalanced Synaptic Plasticity Induced Spatial Cognition Impairment in Male Offspring Rats Treated with Chronic Prenatal Ethanol Exposure

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 763-770

  An, Lei ^a   Yang, Zhuo ^a   Zhang, Tao ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cognitive Deficits; EtOH; Long Term Potentiation and Depotentiation; Male Adolescent Rats; Synaptic Balance

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PRENATAL ETHANOL EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; COGNITION DISORDERS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; LONG-TERM SYNAPTIC DEPRESSION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84876793398     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12040     Document Type: Article

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