Impairments in hippocampal synaptic plasticity following prenatal ethanol exposure are dependent on glutathione levels

Hippocampus

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1463-1475

  Patten, Anna R ^a   Brocardo, Patricia S ^a   Sakiyama, Claire ^a,b   Wortman, Ryan C ^a   Noonan, Athena ^a   Gil Mohapel, Joana ^a   Christie, Brian R ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dentate gyrus; Diethyl maleate; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; Long term potentiation; N acetyl cysteine; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALCOHOL; GLUTATHIONE; MALEIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FEMALE ANIMAL; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MALE ANIMAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN DEPLETION; RAT; REDUCTION;

DENTATE GYRUS; DIETHYL MALEATE; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; N-ACETYL CYSTEINE; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUTATHIONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84888129523     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22199     Document Type: Article

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