Project description:Sardinian alcohol-preferring (sP) and Sardinina alcohol-non preferring (sNP) rats have been selectively bred for opposite alcohol preference and consumption. The project proposed to identify salivary markers distinguishing the two rat lines possibly correlated to alcohol preference, by a proteomic approach.
Project description:Study the effect of fetal alcohol exposure (FAE) on hippocampal development; Compare the pattern of gene expression in the hippocampus of FAE and control rats fed either an isocaloric diet or a normal diet, at post-natal day 5 of development. FAE will delay the maturation of the hippocampus; Rats were fed one of three diet, a liquid diet with 5% ethanol (FAE group), an isocaloric liquid diet (Isocalorc group) or nomal lab chao (normal group)
