Effects of ethanol exposure during distinct periods of brain development on hippocampal synaptic plasticity

Brain Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1076-1094

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dentate gyrus; Ethanol; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Hippocampus; Long term potentiation; Synaptic plasticity; Vulnerability period

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HIPPOCAMPUS; LITTER SIZE; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL SUMMATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84907970460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/brainsci3031076     Document Type: Article

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