Moderate alcohol exposure during the rat equivalent to the third trimester of human pregnancy alters regulation of GABAA receptor-mediated synaptic transmission by dopamine in the basolateral amygdala

Frontiers in Pediatrics

Volumn 2, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Diaz, Marvin Rafael ^a   Jotty, Karick ^a   Locke, Jason L ^b   Jones, Sara R ^b   Valenzuela, Carlos Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; BLA; Dopamine; Electrophysiology; Fetal; GABA; Homeostasis; Prenatal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922443827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2014.00046     Document Type: Article

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