The long-term effects of prenatal cocaine exposure on learning in rats

A rat model was used to determine whether prenatal cocaine exposure results in long-term changes in hippocampal-dependent contextual fear conditioning. Pregnant dams received either 40 mg/kg cocaine HCl SC (COC), an equal volume of 0.9% saline (SAL), or received no injections (UT) from gestational d...

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Main Author: Brunzell, Darlene Helen
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 1999
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9932299