2022
Representation of prefrontal axonal efferents in the thalamic nucleus reuniens in a rodent model of fetal alcohol exposure during third trimester
Smith IF, Gursky ZH, Klintsova AY. Representation of prefrontal axonal efferents in the thalamic nucleus reuniens in a rodent model of fetal alcohol exposure during third trimester. Frontiers In Behavioral Neuroscience 2022, 16: 993601. PMID: 36160686, PMCID: PMC9493097, DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.993601.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMedial prefrontal cortexFetal alcohol spectrum disordersAlcohol exposureThalamic nucleus reuniensRodent modelsNucleus reuniensBinge alcohol exposureThird-trimester exposureFetal alcohol exposurePostnatal day 4Alcohol spectrum disordersLong-Evans ratsExecutive functioningAE animalsTrimester exposureThird trimesterDisynaptic pathwayMPFC neuronsAxons synapseFemale ratsMale ratsAxon terminalsAxonal projectionsControl animalsHippocampal cells
2019
Nucleus reuniens of the midline thalamus of a rat is specifically damaged after early postnatal alcohol exposure
Gursky ZH, Savage LM, Klintsova AY. Nucleus reuniens of the midline thalamus of a rat is specifically damaged after early postnatal alcohol exposure. Neuroreport 2019, 30: 748-752. PMID: 31095109, PMCID: PMC6599629, DOI: 10.1097/wnr.0000000000001270.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-neuronal cell numbersFetal alcohol spectrum disordersPostnatal day 4Alcohol spectrum disordersNeuroanatomical alterationsAlcohol exposureMidline thalamusFemale Long-Evans rat pupsNucleus reuniensDay 4Early postnatal alcohol exposureLong-Evans rat pupsNeuron numberCircuit-level alterationsPostnatal alcohol exposureTotal neuron numberMidline thalamic nucleiEthanol-induced changesCell numberThalamic nucleus reuniensAdministration of liquidsVentral midline thalamusThalamic nucleiNeuronal markersRat pups