Early exposure to volatile anesthetics impairs long-term associative learning and recognition memory.

Anesthetic exposure early in life affects neural development and long-term cognitive function, but our understanding of the types of memory that are altered is incomplete. Specific cognitive tests in rodents that isolate different memory processes provide a useful approach for gaining insight into t...

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Main Authors: Bradley H Lee, John Thomas Chan, Obhi Hazarika, Laszlo Vutskits, Jeffrey W Sall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4148240?pdf=render