Developmental Hippocampal Neuroplasticity in a Model of Nicotine Replacement Therapy during Pregnancy and Breastfeeding

Ian Mahar; Rosemary C. Bagot; Maria Antonietta Davoli; Sharon Miksys; Rachel F. Tyndale; Claire-Dominique Walker; Marissa Maheu; Sheng-Hai Huang; Tak Pan Wong; Naguib Mechawar

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037219

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Developmental Hippocampal Neuroplasticity in a Model of Nicotine Replacement Therapy during Pregnancy and Breastfeeding

Ian Mahar,

Affiliation Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Verdun, Québec, Canada
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Rosemary C. Bagot,

Affiliation Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Verdun, Québec, Canada
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Maria Antonietta Davoli,

Affiliation Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Verdun, Québec, Canada
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Sharon Miksys,

Affiliation Departments of Pharmacology and Toxicology and Psychiatry, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and University of Toronto, Medical Sciences Building, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Rachel F. Tyndale,

Affiliation Departments of Pharmacology and Toxicology and Psychiatry, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and University of Toronto, Medical Sciences Building, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Claire-Dominique Walker,

Affiliation Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Verdun, Québec, Canada
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Marissa Maheu,

Affiliation Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Verdun, Québec, Canada
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Sheng-Hai Huang,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, College of Basic Medicine, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China
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Tak Pan Wong ,

* E-mail: takpan.wong@mcgill.ca (TPW); naguib.mechawar@mcgill.ca (NM)

Affiliations Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Verdun, Québec, Canada, Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Verdun, Québec, Canada
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Naguib Mechawar

* E-mail: takpan.wong@mcgill.ca (TPW); naguib.mechawar@mcgill.ca (NM)

Affiliation Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Verdun, Québec, Canada
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Developmental Hippocampal Neuroplasticity in a Model of Nicotine Replacement Therapy during Pregnancy and Breastfeeding

Ian Mahar,
Rosemary C. Bagot,
Maria Antonietta Davoli,
Sharon Miksys,
Rachel F. Tyndale,
Claire-Dominique Walker,
Marissa Maheu,
Sheng-Hai Huang,
Tak Pan Wong,
Naguib Mechawar

Published: May 15, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037219

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