Project
Developmental Vulnerability: Effects of Prenatal Exposure on Stress Reactivity, Cognition and Hippocampal Neurogenesis
Principal Investigator(s): Dr. Joanne Weinberg, Professor and Assistant Head, Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, UBC, phone: 604-822-6214, email: jweinberg@exchange.ubc.ca
Start/End Date: July 1, 2006 – March 31, 2009
Location: UBC, Vancouver, BC
Brief Description: This project investigates the effects of prenatal ethanol exposure and exposure to stress in adulthood on HPA responsiveness, learning and memory in several spatial tasks, and hippocampal neurogenesis, including both cell proliferation and cell survival, in adulthood.
Time Frame: ongoing
Kind of Project: research
Population Served: N/A
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