Chronic drinking during adolescence predisposes the adult rat for continued heavy drinking: Neurotrophin and behavioral adaptation after long-term, continuous ethanol exposure

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Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Fernandez, Gina M ^a   Stewart, William N ^a   Savage, Lisa M ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR BETA SUBUNIT; NEUROTROPHIN; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL BEHAVIORAL TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; UNDERAGE DRINKING; WORKING MEMORY; AGE; ANIMAL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME FACTOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPATIAL LEARNING; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84961900251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149987     Document Type: Article

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