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SUBMITTER: Converse AK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4293080 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Converse Alexander K AK Moore Colleen F CF Holden James E JE Ahlers Elizabeth O EO Moirano Jeffrey M JM Larson Julie A JA Resch Leslie M LM DeJesus Onofre T OT Barnhart Todd E TE Nickles Robert J RJ Murali Dhanabalan D Christian Bradley T BT Schneider Mary L ML
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 20141201 12
<h4>Background</h4>We examined the effects of moderate prenatal alcohol exposure and/or prenatal stress exposure on (D1 R) binding in a non human primate model. The dopamine D1 R is involved in executive function, and it may play a role in cognitive behavioral deficits associated with prenatal alcohol and/or stress exposure. Little is known, however, about the effects of prenatal alcohol and/or stress exposure on the D1 R. We expected that prenatal insults would lead to alterations in D1 R bindi ...[more]