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ArticleNeuroscience letters2020

Moderate prenatal alcohol exposure reduces parvalbumin expressing GABAergic interneurons in the dorsal hippocampus of adult male and female rat offspring.

John T Madden, Shannon M Thompson, Christy M Magcalas, Jennifer L Wagner, Derek A Hamilton, Daniel D Savage, Benjamin J Clark, Nathan S Pentkowski

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Article in Neuroscience letters, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

John T MaddenDepartment of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States.
Shannon M ThompsonDepartment of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States.
Christy M MagcalasDepartment of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States.
Jennifer L WagnerDepartment of Neurosciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States.
Derek A HamiltonDepartment of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States; Department of Neurosciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States.
Daniel D SavageDepartment of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States; Department of Neurosciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States.
Benjamin J ClarkDepartment of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States.
Nathan S PentkowskiDepartment of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States. Electronic address: pentkowski@unm.edu.
University of New Mexico · US

Funding

Understanding neurophysiological deficits in response inhibition in children with FASDP50AA022534 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR · PI Carlos Fernando Valenzuela · 2014 to 2026
$21.5M
UNM PREP (Post-baccalaureate Research Education ProgramR25GM075149 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO · PI Kelly Miller · 2005 to 2026
$7.3M
Alcohol Research Training in NeurosciencesT32AA014127 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR · PI Jonathan L Brigman · 2003 to 2026
$3.3M
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Neural Representations of SpaceR21AA024983 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO · PI CLARK, BENJAMIN J, HAMILTON, DEREK A. · 2017 to 2018
$398k
NIAAA NIH HHS P50 AA022534NIAAA NIH HHS R21 AA024983NIAAA NIH HHS T32 AA014127NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM075149
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) negatively impacts hippocampal development and impairs hippocampal-sensitive learning and memory. However, hippocampal neural adaptations in response to moderate PAE are not completely understood. To explore the effects of moderate PAE on GABAergic interneuron expression, this study used a rat model of moderate PAE to examine the effects of PAE on parvalbumin (PARV)-positive cells in fields CA1, CA3 and the dentate gyrus (DG) of the dorsal hippocampus (dHC). Long-Evans dams were given daily access to 5 % (vol/vol) ethanol or saccharine (SAC) control solutions throughout the course of gestation. Offspring were divided into four separate groups: PAE (n = 7) or SAC (n = 7) males, or PAE (n = 8) or SAC (n = 8) females. All rats were aged to adulthood and, following testing in the Morris water task, their brains were analyzed for the expression of the GABAergic neuronal marker PARV. We report a main effect of PAE on GABAergic expression, with significant reductions in PARV-positive cells in area CA3 for males and the DG for females. There was also a trend for a reduction in PARV expressing neurons in fields CA1 and CA3 in females. The results are discussed in relation to hippocampal GABAergic interneuron function, PAE and behavior.

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Prenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsAgingAnimalsDentate GyrusEthanolFemaleGABAergic NeuronsHippocampusInterneuronsMaleParvalbuminsPregnancyRats, Long-EvansEthanolParvalbuminsFetal alcohol spectrum disorderInterneuronMemoryPAEPrenatal alcohol exposure

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PMID31874217
PMCPMC7179818
OpenAlexW2997766452

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