Prenatal Nicotine Exposure and Behavior

Authors :: Jean A. King
Craig F. Ferris
Victoria Rossi
D. Peters
Tara L. Messenger
Source :: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1008:289-292
Publication Year :: 2003
Publisher :: Wiley, 2003.
Abstract: Prenatal exposure to nicotine has been associated with changes in behavioral indices in offspring. Flank marking, a scent-marking behavior in golden hamsters, appears to be controlled by arginine vasopressin (AVP) neurons in the hypothalamus. The present study examines the effects of prenatal exposure to nicotine on the vasopressinergic system associated with flank marking behavior.