Embryonic alcohol exposure impairs associative learning performance in adult zebrafish

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 265, Issue , 2014, Pages 181-187

  Fernandes, Yohaan ^a   Tran, Steven ^a   Abraham, Emil ^a   Gerlai, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Embryonic alcohol exposure; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; Learning impairment; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; LEARNING DISORDER; LOCOMOTION; MAZE TEST; MORTALITY; MOTIVATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION; ZEBRA FISH;

EMBRYONIC ALCOHOL EXPOSURE; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS; LEARNING IMPAIRMENT; ZEBRAFISH;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ETHANOL; LEARNING DISORDERS; MAZE LEARNING; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84896038841     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.02.035     Document Type: Article

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