Date of Award
1992
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Johanson, Ingrid B.
Abstract
Prenatal exposure to cocaine has been associated with a variety of deleterious effects on human infants. In this study, several measures were examined using the rat as a model of the clinical effects found in children of cocaine-abusing mothers. Infant rats exposed to 40 mg/kg during gestation via injections to their dam do not differ from nutritional and saline controls on such measures as body weight, age of eye opening, latency to attach to a nipple, and preference for a home odor. However, cocaine exposed pups show significantly suppressed levels of play and are more submissive in a play encounter than control pups. The data are discussed in terms of how deficits in play behavior may put the young at a cognitive and social disadvantage.
Extent
59 p.
Recommended Citation
Wood, Robin D., "effects of prenatal cocaine exposure on social and interactive behaviors in the developing rat" (1992). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999. 299.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_4/299
Identifier
FADT14816
Comments
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1992.|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1992.