Moderate alcohol exposure during the rat equivalent to the third trimester of human pregnancy alters dopamine regulation of GABAA receptor-mediated transmission in the basolateral amygdala

• Main Authors: Marvin Rafael Diaz (Author), Karick eJotty (Author), Jason eLocke (Author), Sara R Jones (Author), Carlos Fernando Valenzuela (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2014-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Fetal ethanol (EtOH) exposure leads to a range of neurobehavioral alterations, including deficits in emotional processing. The basolateral amygdala (BLA) plays a critical role in modulating emotional processing, in part, via dopamine (DA) regulation of GABA transmission. This BLA modulatory system i...