[Acetylcholinesterase activity in the brains of rats in a model of alcoholic embryopathy].

Acetylcholinesterase (ACE) activity was studied by the Karnovsky-Ruts method from the 5th to the 30th day in the brain of young rats born to chronically alcoholized animals receiving ethanol for 3 to 5 months prior to conception as well as during pregnancy and breast feeding. Alcohol was found to induce deviations in the formation of the enzyme in the adjacents nucleus and Broca's diagonal strip on days 5 and 20 of the postnatal development, respectively. It is assumed that the above deviations are involved in manifestations of the alcoholic syndrome of the fetus.