Prenatal Ethanol (EtOH) Exposure Alters the Sensitivity of the Adult Dentate Gyrus to Acute EtOH Exposure

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 135-143

  Helfer, Jennifer L ^a   White, Emily R ^a   Christie, Brian R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute Ethanol; Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders; Hippocampal Formation; Long Term Potentiation; Synaptic Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DEXTRIN; MALTOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CALORIE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ACUTE ETHANOL; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS; HIPPOCAMPAL FORMATION; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DENTATE GYRUS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84892788984     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12227     Document Type: Article

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