Does prenatal nicotine exposure alter the brain's response to nicotine in adolescence? A neuroanatomical analysis

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2491-2503

  Mychasiuk, R ^a   Muhammad, A ^a   Carroll, C ^a   Kolb, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Golgi Cox; Long Evans; Nucleus accumbens; Prefrontal cortex; Spine density

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADOLESCENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; BRAIN WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DORSAL AGRANULAR INSULAR CORTEX; FEMALE; INSULA; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 84882582097     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12245     Document Type: Article

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