Sex-specific effects of prenatal ethanol exposure on hippocampal synaptic plasticity in adolescent rats
The hippocampus is a brain region intimately involved with learning and memory. Long-term depression (LTD) and long-term potentiation (LTP) are putative mechanisms behind learning and memory. Prenatal and postnatal events that alter LTP and/or LTD also impair hippocampal-dependent learning and memor...
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University of British Columbia
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/24878 |