The total numbers of cerebellar granule neurons in young and aged Fischer 344 and Wistar-Kyoto rats do not change as a result of lengthy ethanol treatment

Cerebellum

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 79-89

  Pentney, Roberta J ^a   Mullan, Barbara A ^a   Felong, Ann Marie ^a   Dlugos, Cynthia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Cerebellar granule neurons; Ethanol; F344 rats; Optical fractionator; WKY rats

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL COUNT; CELL FRACTIONATION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULE CELL; LIFESPAN; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; AGING; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DEATH; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; FISCHER 344 RAT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR KYOTO RAT;

AGING; ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; DRUG RESISTANCE; ETHANOL; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, INBRED WKY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0002244488     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: 14734230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/147342202753203113     Document Type: Review

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