Neonatal dexamethasone exposure in rats resulted in hippocampal learning and memory defects with decreased convulsion threshold later in adult life

Neurosciences (Riyadh). 2013 Oct;18(4):388-90.

Authors

Shubbar N Qaheri¹, Aysha B Ali, Amal A Alalwaan, Fatma A Ahmed, Maryam M Ahmed, Amer H Kamal

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, PO Box 40309, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain. Tel. +973 39633302. Fax. +973 17422828. E-mail: qaheri.clinic@gmail.com.

PMID: 24141466

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Aging
Animals
Animals, Newborn
Anti-Inflammatory Agents / toxicity*
Dexamethasone / toxicity*
Hippocampus / drug effects*
Learning / drug effects*
Memory / drug effects*
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Seizures / chemically induced

Substances

Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Dexamethasone