Ostrovskaia R U, Smol'nikova N M, Savchenko N M, Trofimov S S, Nemova E P
Farmakol Toksikol. 1988 May-Jun;51(3):89-94.
Alcoholization of female rats before pregnancy (8 g/kg) or during pregnancy (4 g/kg) leads to disturbances in the development of the offspring higher nervous activity manifested by impaired learning abilities, disordered emotional reactivity, reduced capacity to overcome stress-situation, deficit of GABAergic inhibitory processes in the cerebral cortex. An early postnatal administration of sodium hydroxybutyrate in a dose of 50 mg/kg prevents the development of the above mentioned disturbances of the higher nervous activity and neurophysiological alterations.