Prenatal alcohol exposure enhances the susceptibility to NMDA-induced generalized tonic-clonic seizures in developing rats.
CONCLUSIONS: The PAE animal model of GTCS may provide a new opportunity to investigate the mechanisms that underlie neuronal hyperexcitability in developing animals prenatally-exposed to alcohol.
PMID: 28884976 [PubMed - in process]
Source: CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics - Category: Neuroscience Authors: Cho SJ, Lovinger DM, N'Gouemo P Tags: CNS Neurosci Ther Source Type: research
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