Sex-specific effects of chronic neonatal nicotine exposure on hippocampal development and long-term repercussions for hippocampal function : a dissertation /

ABSTRACT: Prenatal exposure to nicotine via maternal smoking has been linked to behavioral and cognitive difficulties later in life, suggesting that developmental nicotine exposure may result in long-lasting functional deficits. Our lab has developed a chronic neonatal nicotine (CNN) treatment mode...

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Main Author:	Damborsky, Joanne Crystal
Format:	Thesis Book
Language:	English
Published:	[College Station, Tex.] : [Texas A&M University System Health Science Center], [2012]
Subjects:	Abnormalities, Drug-Induced. Receptors, Nicotinic > genetics. Smoking > adverse effects. Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects. Major Neuroscience.