Alcohol
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 1-9 , May 2000

Effects of chronic prenatal ethanol exposure on hippocampal glutamate release in the postnatal guinea pig

  • N.S Butters

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
    • ,
  • M.A.S Gibson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
    • ,
  • J.N Reynolds

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
    • Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
    • ,
  • J.F Brien

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-613-533-6114; fax: +1-613-533-6412

Received 23 July 1999 ,Revised 25 October 1999 ,Accepted 25 October 1999.

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