Low dose prenatal alcohol exposure does not impair spatial learning and memory in two tests in adult and aged rats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Cullen, Carlie L ^a   Burne, Thomas H J ^a   Lavidis, Nickolas A ^a   Moritz, Karen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; EXPERIMENTAL BEHAVIORAL TEST; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MEMORY; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPINE; STEREOMETRY; TASK PERFORMANCE; Y-MAZE TEST; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAZE TEST; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84903625407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101482     Document Type: Article

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