Increased tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity in the rat cortex following prenatal cocaine exposure

Cocaine has been found to be a neurobehavioral teratogen in both animals and humans. In this study the effects of cocaine on the developing catecholamine systems were examined. Rats were treated gestationally with cocaine (40 mg/kg s.c.) or saline from gestational day 13 until parturition. On postna...

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