Chronic alcoholism in the absence of Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome and cirrhosis does not result in the loss of serotonergic neurons from the median raphe nucleus

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 217-227

  Baker, K G ^a   Halliday, G M ^a,b   Kril, J J ^a,c   Harper, C G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cirrhosis; Median raphe nucleus; Neuropathology; Serotonin; Thiamine deficiency; Wernicke Korsakoff

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MEDIAN RAPHE NUCLEUS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; WERNICKE KORSAKOFF SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL AMNESTIC DISORDER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; RAPHE NUCLEI; SEROTONIN; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0029809788     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02237959     Document Type: Article

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