Impaired arousal in rat pups with prenatal alcohol exposure is modulated by GABAergic mechanisms

Physiological Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Sirieix, Chrystelle M ^a   Tobia, Christine M ^a   Schneider, Robert W ^a   Darnall, Robert A ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; GABA; Hypoxia; Prenatal alcohol exposure

Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 2 (3 CARBOXYPROPYL) 6 (4 METHOXYPHENYL)PYRIDAZINIUM BROMIDE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID UPTAKE INHIBITOR; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; CORTICOSTERONE; GLYCINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NIPECOTIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; BRAIN STEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GESTATION PERIOD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPOXIA; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SLEEP AROUSAL DISORDER; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

EID: 84971526641     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2051817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14814/phy2.12424     Document Type: Article

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