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SUBMITTER: Bhattacharya D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6953639 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bhattacharya Dwipayan D Fujihashi Ayaka A Majrashi Mohammed M Bloemer Jenna J Bhattacharya Subhrajit S Buabeid Manal M Escobar Martha M Moore Timothy T Suppiramaniam Vishnu V Dhanasekaran Muralikrishnan M
Heliyon 20200108 1
<h4>Aims</h4>This study investigated the neurotoxic effects of prenatal alcohol and nicotine exposure in the cortex and hippocampus of rodents.<h4>Main methods</h4>Behavioral alterations, electrophysiological changes, and biochemical markers associated with cholinergic neurotransmission, neural oxidative stress, mitochondrial function, and apoptosis were evaluated.<h4>Key findings</h4>Prenatal alcohol exposure induced the generation of ROS, nitrite and lipid peroxide, decreased mitochondrial Com ...[more]