Selective cognitive deficits in adult rats after prenatal exposure to inhaled ethanol

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2014, Pages 44-58

  Oshiro, W M ^a   Beasley, T E ^a   McDaniel, K L ^a   Taylor, M M ^a   Evansky, P ^a   Moser, V C ^a   Gilbert, M E ^a   Bushnell, P J ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Cognitive function; Developmental; Ethanol; Inhalation; Prenatal exposure

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GASOLINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICIPATION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEAR; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; INHALATION; KINETICS; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MENTAL TEST; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; REFERENCE MEMORY; RESPONSE TIME; SPATIAL LEARNING; WORKING MEMORY; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREGNANCY; REACTION TIME; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MENTAL TASK; SPATIAL MEMORY; TRAINING;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; SPATIAL LEARNING;

EID: 84905368263     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: 18729738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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